Looking out our windows, I feel like a child again in Pennsylvania. Except I will be enjoying all this snow from inside our house and not outside playing all day with my next door neighbor Chip. Building snow forts, snowmen, and shoveling driveways and sidewalks for $5 – to be split between us. Those were […]
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 […]
A pair of cardinals are still coming to the platform feeder very early each morning – at dawn, but before the sun breaks the horizon line. Here at our house, that is between about 6:10-6:40AM Central Time. The feedercam will be in black and white, but you will still be able to easily see these […]
We are in the midst of hot and humid weather here in central Illinois. July and August are always for heat lovers – and that is definitely not me. Give me long underwear, a heavy coat and hat, and I am in heaven! I love working outside and have gardens all around our house and […]