Our nighttime temperatures are now in the 30’s and so it is time for the large birdbath to be emptied, dried, and covered for the winter. Its camera has now been turned off. The live-stream will begin again next spring – probably in late April. It will depend when the birds return from their winter […]
I have always had a special place in my heart for Ruffed Grouse. I am from Pennsylvania and that is our state bird – and I learned that in fourth grade from my most favorite teacher, Miss Clouser. There was something about the bird that fascinated me even then, and in part, I think it […]
We do not see the groundhog very often – in fact it has been weeks since the last sighting and we thought it had moved on. But here it is – today at noon. Our yard is full of hickory and oak trees so I am guessing a nice nut or acorn is what it […]
I have a small greenhouse which I love. If any of you are thinking about getting one, I would recommend you do. Mine is attached to the side of our garage and has an entrance into the garage where my potting tables and all my gardening stuff is. There is nothing like going out into […]
This is a question I get asked all the time and also a question I ask myself. If you go to Articles on the website menu and click, you will see I have written an article about this very thing for everyone in the continental U.S. But I think the most important thing is to […]
Picture me sitting here laughing as I typed “I have added something new….. ” I have added nothing. But my IT men have. One of these men has been with me since day 1. He chose the cameras and installed them. And he is the one who oversees everything. The second man joined us and […]
This morning, Cleon and I changed the bird feeders and what we are offering. We are now set up for winter. We did this today because even though we are still having warm temperatures during the day – in the mid-60’s to 70’s – we are starting to experience cooler nights. Our forecast: most of […]
When I sat down at my desk this morning at 6:30AM, and looked out the window at the feeders, there was a male Northern Cardinal on the ground foraging under the platform feeder. Its mate and one of their juveniles were on that feeder. She was feeding the juvenile. In my opinion, mid-October is late […]
If you look on the Internet, you will find there are places were you can register to get alerts when there is a rare bird in a place it rarely/never is or something unusual happens. If you have the Merlin app* on your phone, you should have gotten an alert last evening. Because of the […]
Cleon and I have been working in our gardens – starting to get them ready for winter. We are pulling up weeds, doing some selective deadheading, and mulching bare spots. We are careful how much we deadhead as some plants winter better intact. These are the plants we cut to the ground in spring. And […]