Ravens

Today we went to see a Raven's nest that a friend had told us about yesterday. She said she had seen the Ravens with some fledglings nea...

Mourning Cloak Butterfly

We are still picking daffodils from our "daffy meadow", an area where we planted several hundred daffodils 2 years ago. Yesterday ...

Bobolinks Return!

They're baaaack. Yeah! the first Bobolink returned today to our property, Bobolink Farm, named for the fact we have a large hayfield wit...

Birds Today

Today the skies cleared, after several days of much needed rain. Some new migrants have come in, with more expected tomorrow. Here is our to...

10 Most Beautiful Birds

There is a blog meme going around as to one's pick for the 10 most beautiful birds, found in the ABA (American Birding Association) Che...

Santa Chickadee

We noticed two chickadees exploring for nesting sites in our wooded area behind our barn, so we quickly put up a birdhouse and hoped they wo...

Birds First

Today we had some tree work done. We had some trees taken down, others limbed up, and some thinned, especially in a lovely grove of pine tre...