Monday, June 30, 2008
bird report 01
Tonight I saw the red-bellied woodpecker pop into a cavity on the pine snag between the house and the pond. I suspect the second nesting. Possibly they’re using the spot the flicker was using earlier this spring. I’ve seen the female hummingbird twice on my Cherry Chief sage. Brought home some slightly old hangers: pink petunias and another which is petunia and dark pink bacopa. They need fertilizer. Trumpet vine is getting ready to pop flowers everywhere. Happy hummers! The female (rose-breasted) gros-beak came to look for seed in my empty feeder yesterday. I’m sad not to feed her, perhaps a baffle to deter the chippies. Heard bluebirds yesterday I think, but was working on something, maybe digging post-holes for the llama chute and so I didn’t stop to look around. Thrushes are singing across the pond mostly. Maybe I’ve heard them since early June. There’s a wood thrush or two and a veery. Yummy.