After two years without a nest in the corner of the eaves, I am really happy to report that we now have a nesting robin again! Although we nearly didn’t… This robin (I like to think she might be one of the babies from this post from 2014 or even this one) had a rocky … Continue reading
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Spanworm moth
The June bugs have hatched and the moths can’t be far behind. I spotted this one on the steep hill in the woods behind the house yesterday. I think he was drying his wings in the warmth of the afternoon. It’s not a very pretty name. But he’s a handsome moth with a little smiley … Continue reading
Spring roundup 2016
(The shelter-making was April 8 and the snow April 9!) Friday 29 April – I was in Moncton with the girls and Matt and Milo were biking on the trail to Lunenburg when they found a garter snake, around a metre long. Milo reached out and touched its body and in slow motion it … Continue reading
Spring Peepers 2015!
May 2 dawned bright and sunny and stayed that way warming up to around 12 degrees: Not toasty, but it felt like spring all day. I went out to listen for peepers around 8.10 pm but heard nothing. At 8.20 they started!! A loud chirpy chorus that is very impressive given their teeny size. They … Continue reading
May Day — slow progress
I felt like an update was needed on the slow progress of spring this year. It is May 1st today and Milo and I took a walk through the woods all the way to school — the first such trip this year. (The girls will walk through the woods to school on Monday for the … Continue reading
April 2015 – No spring peepers yet
April 15 today. A sunny 17 degrees! Our first short-sleeves day of the year (the kids have been out in short sleeves but it doesn’t count until the adults are comfortable in short sleeves!). The birds were singing like crazy this morning — especially the cardinals. But not everything is singing yet. The spring peepers … Continue reading
Mama Robin is back, but the grass isn’t
It is April 9. I’m pretty sure our mama robin is back from her winter vacation along with many other robins. Unfortunately, their timing is off this year and they have returned to a garden covered in several feet of snow. They can usually be seen snacking on worms all day long in the field … Continue reading
From egg to fully fledged: May 2014 robin chicks
Mama robin did it again! Our resident supermum raised a brood of three chicks over 28 days in May. We watched it all, as usual, from the comfort of our back deck and through the living room window which looks onto the nest site. It makes it easy to spot the comings and goings of the … Continue reading
A second nest site
Evie made an exciting discovery today – we have a second robin’s nest in the back yard! This one is perched on top of the wood pile approximately 25 metres from the other one. I have a hunch that the new nest has been made by one of last year’s babies – for three reasons. … Continue reading
Spring finds and photos
Here is a mash up of a few photos from Instagram and other places that I’ve taken in the last couple of weeks. The captions tell the story.
witches whiskers 