It was such a treat to see the Osprey and 2 chicks on their nest yesterday. It looked like the young ones were testing their wings and standing abilities. So cute! (Click on blog link for another photo.)
In the 2nd photograph the parent had just flown in with a fish which the little ones were devouring. So much fun to watch them way up high on their nest!
This was the nest that blew down last winter in the high winds. They sure did a good job rebuilding!
Our motion detector kept going off the other night and we could see a deer out in the yard. It wasn’t until the morning when it got light outside that we could see him in my garden… ready and waiting!
Oh No! He ate the tops off of all of my Roses and Zinnias! Guess he had a good meal… and I have a lot less flowers!
Birdsfoot Trefoil, which gets its name ‘bird’s foot’ refers to the appearance of the seed pods on their stalk. They are frequently found growing on the side of roads.
In doing some research, I found that that they some medicinal uses: “the flowers are used mainly as a sedative and for other aspects of the nervous and cardiac systems. In Italy they were sometimes used to calm anxiety, insomnia and exhaustion.” Interesting…
Have you ever seen a Birdsfoot Trefoil? Pretty, don’t you think?
I’ve heard the Great Crested Flycatcher’s distinctive call in our yard quite a bit lately, so I know he is around. Its call is a nasally-sounding series of “wheep” whistles. And then… he landed on our bird feeder. I quickly got my camera and got a photograph from my living room. It’s the only one I got, before he flew away.
The Great Crested Flycatcher, who catches insects, has a gray breast and throat and a yellow belly. His bill is heavy and black. They are most often found breeding in deciduous forests and at edges of clearings and mixed woodlands, which is probably why he likes our yard.
Have you ever heard his call? Beautiful bird, don’t you think?
Sometimes the early morning skies on Coast Guard Beach, part of the National Seashore, are just breathtaking. This one was exceptional! Look at those clouds!
We were walking down to Nauset Spit and saw that this huge log that had washed ashore. I thought… what a gorgeous photograph!
It doesn’t get much prettier! What do you think?
