Today’s walk was a bit earlier than normal….not as nice and sunny a day as the last few, but at least it was dry…
The birds seemed to be enjoying the day. There were lots of calls from all the regulars like the American Robins…
The same pair of Song Sparrows in the same spot,
what was new today was spotting this Black Capped Chickadee disappearing into the top of this broken off tree trunk….that is it’s tail sticking up…
here it is with just the head in the hole…
and here we are perched at the side. As I mentioned a day or so ago, Black Cap Chickadee’s are cavity nesters…this soft decaying wood makes for an ideal nesting site. Whether they will actually nest here is another matter as they seem to spend a lot of time checking out all likely spots before making up their minds. They will nest in smaller bird houses as well if you put wood shavings in the house as they like to ‘excavate’ the nest site, so need to be able to have something to take out in order to imitate the natural setting.
Down at the water we had one pair of Canada Geese and there were also several pairs of Mallard, one pair just barely visible here…these are the first Mallard I’ve seen this week. Should also mention that a Great Blue Heron flew over…another species that has been scarce of late.
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