testing…

09 Tuesday Jul 2024

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we’ve come to that time of summer when the sparrow babies are testing out their wings…

it can be a dangerous time in the garden, because many of them believe they can hover, like hummingbirds, lol… which they can’t…

they come very close to my head as they manoeuvre around trying to follow their parents and land without injury…

they think they can have dust baths on cushions and land on a dime…

but they still want mommy and daddy to feed them…

claws…

22 Tuesday Aug 2023

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last week I watched a hawk chase a sparrow down the lane… I didn’t hear any screeching, so was hopeful that the sparrow made it to safety…

on Saturday, I was quietly sitting on the back deck, drinking my tea and reading when I heard a kerfuffle…

suddenly, a juvenile Cooper’s hawk came off the shelf in the pergola by the driveway gate… it had a sparrow in its claws…

it flew to the ledge on the main deck with its prize… after sitting there for quite a few minutes I walked over to get it to leave the garden… I got very close to it before it finally decided to fly up to the wires above the deck, and then, away…

the whole time it was in the garden the sparrows and chickadees were sounding the alarm…

hope it doesn’t come back again…

chipping…

30 Wednesday Jun 2021

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I’ve been watching a chipping sparrow for the last few days…

it keeps coming to the floating basket in the pond to have a drink and a bath… apparently it is just the right depth…

yesterday a house sparrow decided it wanted to drink from that particular spot…

the chipper wasn’t thrilled but they did share the space…

cats…

17 Wednesday Jun 2020

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there has been lots of activity in the garden recently…

these critters were photographed over the last few days…

today the forecast mentioned thunderstorms and rain but I decided to put out all of the cushions anyway… it ended up sunny and hot for most of the day…

looks very quiet, lol…

but this morning there were red and gray squirrels, the frog, chipping sparrows, a bunny that shot across the garden, dragonflies and two cats, one that I haven’t seen previously…