I spent some time on Mother’s Day in my treehouse watching the new red-bellied woodpecker family overhead. Mom and dad dutifully flew back and forth taking turns entering the nest to feed their chirruping babies. I thought it was interesting that mom kept coming back with small insects and dad kept returning with what looks like berries. Hmm… whose … [Read more…]
No pictures to share of the baby red bellied woodpeckers yet, but I could hear their little peeps from my treehouse yesterday afternoon. The babies won’t leave the nest until they are around 25 to 27 days old and hopefully they won’t be camera shy! Dad was keeping a watchful eye on me yesterday and making sure all was … [Read more…]
Looks like these blue crowned conures may be regular visitors now that they have discovered the bird feeders in the backyard. Maybe the solitary parrot from the night before was the scout? I wish both birds were in focus in this second picture, but I love that I caught the one on the right in flight.
One of South Florida’s many wild parrots stopped by this week and I was lucky enough to snap a few photographs. Florida’s only native parrot was the Carolina Parakeet which is now unfortunately extinct. Today’s many wild parrots in South Florida are all escapees from the pet industry.
I’m always looking for inexpensive and simple projects that will draw your eye to a particular spot in my gardens. Last year I inherited an abundance of clay pots that have had me searching for interesting ways to upcycle them into something creative and useful. I managed to use a few recently by building a … [Read more…]
I’m wondering how many more chances I will have to take this little guy’s picture this year? He and his female companion should be headed back north anytime now. I was hoping to get a picture a little more in focus, but I’ve learned to keep my distance. They aren’t very trusting of humans, especially ones with … [Read more…]
This afternoon as I sat in my treehouse enjoying a glass of merlot I heard someone knocking. Well, since the treehouse doesn’t have a door and I hadn’t finished my first glass of merlot yet, I started looking for a woodpecker. Meet the new resident in my treehouse. A very cute red bellied male woodpecker. He appears to have been very busy … [Read more…]
The Spot Breasted Oriole is one of my favorite visitors in our yard and garden. This one stopped by the treehouse to see what we were up to. Our garden is full of butterfly and hummingbird attracting plants so we are a natural magnet for the berry and nectar loving tropical Spot Breasted Oriole. A … [Read more…]