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POTD 5/15/24
IN YOUR BREECHES - Male Hummingbird extracts nectar from a Dutchman's Breeches bloom. In the Poppy Family - the name comes from the fragrant pantaloon-shaped flowers.
POTD 5/14/24
ORANGE YOU GLAD - The male Baltimore Oriole has been eating bugs in the Magnolia, grape jelly from the feeder and the oranges (all things Orioles are said to like). Happy to see both males and females in the yard.
POTD 5/13/24
SISTA BRUNCH - Two female Purple Finches munch black sunflower seeds in a near mirror image.
POTD 5/12/24
THE GIRLS ARE BACK - Male and female birds don't usually migrate together - with males arriving first and alone and females following some days or a week or more later. Songbirds generally have a 50 percent chance of surviving migration, which make the chance of the male Orioles' mate making it back are quite low - so we are always happy to see the female Baltimore Orioles make it back.
POTD 5/11/24
SPRING CARDINAL - Maple leaves coming out around him - a male Cardinal sports a jaunty-looking crest for Spring mating.
