July 4, 2013

Regarding the abundance of  fruit this year…yes!  It’s as if everything is  masting (producing a huge amount of fruit/seed)!!  Dale & I have expounded about the abundance of flowers since the early spring, and right on through until now:  first the Canada Plum, then the serviceberries, and even the maples, Read more…

This year’s butterfly numbers have been a little off. I have yet to see any Monarchs or Question Mark butterflies.The ones I have seen are – skippers, azures, tailed-blues, American lady (caterpillars now on Pussy Toes), tiger swallowtails, eyed browns, pearly eyeds and white admirals.  The woodland butterflies , eyed Read more…

This past Sunday, June 30, I saw a pair of  Sandhill Cranes, near Cambray (northwest of Lindsay). They were in a large field. Observer: Gavin Hunter

Here are a couple of recent photos of a Green Heron fishing from a tree branch along the shore of an island in Rice Lake. As shown in the first photo, the heron would cling to a branch while hanging upside down and jabbing its bill in the water to Read more…

  Click here to learn about eBird *** Species Summary: – Least Bittern (1 report) – Upland Sandpiper (2 reports) – Peregrine Falcon (2 reports) – Northern Rough-winged Swallow (4 reports) – Cliff Swallow (1 report) – Eastern Towhee (1 report) ——————————————— Thank you for subscribing to the <daily> Needs Read more…