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| The "new" bench was a trash find, it's perfect! |
Other than the yard reaching its full Spring beauty, with new green and growth preparing no-doubt for another onslaught of a Chicago summer, birding has been relatively slow in general.
Our migrators have moved on, and we're pleased to see we have a number of nest-building Robins around the house and yard. Here is one of the parents giving us a great "Wisconsin Dells" exhibit in the bird bath...
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| My faithful garden companion! |
We'll soon be reporting on family life in the Crab Apple nest, and will surely be extra vigilant for the safety of our baby Robins due to this new little creature in our life....His name is Poky and came as a teacup sized rescue, after that you're lost.....
He seems to be more interested in naps than birds anyhow, which makes our birding life extremely pleasant!
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| Splish splash.......... |
The new nest boxes have thus far been ignored, and we keep hoping we may get some other family life in those as well. Most exciting visitors lately were our first (female) Ruby-throated Hummer and (male) Baltimore Oriole, and we decided to add an Oriole nectar feeder to the "regular" Hummingbird feeder in our back yard. Supposedly the Oriole feeder will attract Hummers as well, plus Wrens, Catbirds, Flickers and Woodpeckers, we'll see...... This being an excellent Oriole year here in Northern Illinois, I sure hope for success with this feeder (Orange 12 Oz./4 port Oriole-Fest by Birds Choice)
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