The past two weeks have seen a baby boom of birds here. We must have had close to 100 baby sparrows hatch, no kidding. I haven't spotted the bluebirds with their babies yet, but I have seen what appeared to be a youngster. The baby robins are now pretty much indistinguishable from the adults. I've seen the young hummers, too; there is a juvenile male and what I believe is a juvenile female. The three adults are all still here, one female and two males. We've got more catbirds than a month ago as well.
There are a few hawks hanging around in the yard, taking advantage of the increase in small bird population. I've seen Cooper's hawks and what I think is a sharp-shinned hawk. Two redtails were circling overhead yesterday afternoon. Last night I saw what I think was a young Cooper's hawk (maybe a female sharp-shinned hawk) in the cherry tree. She flew down to the apple tree and I ran for my camera. Naturally, by the time I got back, she was gone, but it was just coming up on 8pm and when I turned to have a word with Little One, who was on the lower back deck, I saw our resident gray fox.
She was moving up to the spot where I toss leftover pizza crusts and whatever else. Last night it was a bit of spaghetti. She is very consistent, within five minutes of 8pm each time I've seen her. I'm guessing it's a female, no way of knowing for certain. I got a few photos of her this time. None are good, there isn't a lot of light that time of day, but she's easily seen and identifiable.
And the word is ... Mr. Bill's corneas will have to wait, maybe another month. The corneas that were available were not up to snuff, according to his eye surgeon (which is good!), so he'll have to wait a bit longer.
ReplyDeleteAccording to PopPop, surgery is scheduled for July 1.
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