Bug loving mama: Practically summer

09 June 2011

Practically summer

Yesterday it was 91° here. We were roasting. J pulled out a tarp and the hose, and this is what happened:

Welcome to Summer!

3 comments:

matt said...: Fun pics, GREAT video. Glad all those years of softball didn't go to waste!; June 9, 2011 at 10:38 AM
Lindsey said...: Haahahaah. What a good time. Almost makes me wish it were 91 here. Almost...; June 9, 2011 at 10:30 PM
Debi said...: The video makes it. What fun!; June 28, 2011 at 2:50 PM

Yard Bird List 2010-11

Northern Cardinal
Red-breasted Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
American Crow
Tufted Titmouse
Blue Jay
American Robin
Dark-eyed Junco
White-breasted Nuthatch
Black-capped Chickadee
House Sparrow
Purple Finch
White-throated Sparrow
American Goldfinch
Carolina Wren
Mourning Dove
Cedar Waxwing
European Starling
Turkey Vulture
Red-tailed Hawk
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Creeper
Chipping Sparrow
Brewer's Blackbird
Common Grackle
White-capped Sparrow

Accipiter sp. - Had a gray back, was stalking feeder birds in our neighbor's back yard! Could be a Cooper's or Sharp-shinned Hawk.

Close-encounter Accipiter out our back door: Cooper's Hawk. This one looked like a juvenile. It had different coloration from the first Accipiter I saw.