nature tales and camera trails

Today we watched this deer,  from the interior of our approaching car,  as it safely crossed the highway in front of us. ...

for the second day in a row this Robin  has bisited us here , in Bird Alley.  Its sighting has added to the promise of spring arriving soon....

Yesterday morning, February the 27th. I saw this handsome American Robin feeding in our ornamental Crab apple tree in Bird Alley! This is th...

We have two little White- throated Sparrows that visit daily and they appear to love paying chase and scratching  in the snow for seeds. ...

Our most recent arrival at Bird Alley yesterday was a White-throated Sparrow !( seen in the included picture, see its white throat! and its ...

Update on the Monarch butterfly caterpillars! On August 4 and 5th. We collected three caterpillars from our milkweed plants and put them in ...

The stalks on this milkweed blossom are drying and as they become dried out and brittle they fall from the plant. Realising that the little ...

I am monitoring my milkweed plants looking for signs of newly hatched eggs. a hole in a leaf might indicate that an...

The female Monarch butterfly was back yesterday and was laying a few eggs on the underside of milkweed leaves!  The egg shown above is a...

We have two blossoming milkweed plants growing in cracks in our cement doorstep in front of our garage door. Today we have been watching a f...

A Swallowtail feeding on Purple Vetch.

I spied this Canada’s family crossing a pond in group earlier this week. There were eight goslings in total. That is quite a large family! I...

Tthis is turtle season in my area. Daily I see Painted turtles and I am waiting to see the big Snapping turtles laying their eggs.  Yesterda...

This is an event that I wait and watch for every year: that being of finding Cedar Waxwings feeding among the apple blossoms!  The delicacy ...

It has been a slightly frustrating spring awaiting sunny warmer weather which would entice the Painted turtles out of their watery environme...

We were  delighted to receive a visit from a Baltimore Oriole several times in Bird Alley this past week.  At first the peanut feed...

Its warbler season and today I am sharing this Northern Parula on Eileen's Saturday Critters.  Eileen's Saturday C...

I love to find other critters other than birds out in the wild and yesterday I found a muskrat swimming in a large pond area. he first thing...