We live in farming country, with our property almost bordering a very large field/paddock. (See https://lisaandroger.com/2009/05/our-farming-neighbours/).
Today as I went by I noticed a flock of large white birds circling over the corn field – turns out they were swans.
shows a shot of the nearest pond, with Mallard ducks, Canada geese and the white swans. I’m not sure if they are Tundra Swans or Mute Swans – both are indicated as being present in Michigan.
Our neighbour gave me a wren house for Christmas 2 years ago. I hung it in a cherry tree right by our garage last spring and a wren moved in and we got wren babies. Last Christmas the neighbours gave me another wren house which I hung on the porch, and this spring there is…
I looked out the kitchen window this morning and “spotted” this scene. another “bambi” was off to the left. They left before I could get another photo.
Lisa noticed this on the outside of one of our UPSTAIRS!! windows this evening. The very cunning frog was hanging out (well was “sticking” out) on the window pane, ambushing bugs attracted to the light inside the window!!! Excuse the apparently dirty window. (click any thumbnail to open a slideshow) A photo gallery of some…
A few weeks ago I posted a couple of photos of the wrens who were getting ready to move into the Wren House hanging in a tree beside our garage. Well they did move in, and while we were away, the produced at least 3 chicks. I took a few pictures of them being fed…
While watering the garden at the back of the house this morning something caught my eye… In case it’s not obvious in this picture what I saw, here it is again… And a much closer view reveals… A gallery is below.
We live adjacent to a large field that is planted in either corn or soy beans each summer. I don’t know who owns the ground, nor who does the planting and harvesting, but they sure have access to some very large machinery. At the end of November we got an inch of rain over Thanksgiving,…