The weather has definitely improved. I never thought we would see warm weather and sunshine together. The last posting was in March and I have been waiting to give an updates on the life here in the woods,
The daffodils are finally blooming, the hellebore are fantastic this year, the brunnera Siberian bugloss are striking with their blue flowers. Sadly we lost our tulips to the deer who ate them as their salad or desert, not quite sure the order in which they ate them.
Speaking of the deer I have resorted to spreading a deer repellent around all my tender plants. Using both a spray and a granular product. I will keep you posted on if it works.
The fish have survived the winter in their full orange and tangerine beauty. Now that the weather has warmed up they are pretty active. We are however waiting to have our pond reconditioned because the deer have used it as a water source pushing many of the rocks into the pond.
The frogs have also survived and they are very large. Their croaking is very boisterous,
The birds are returning also. The humming birds are actively depleting the nectar. We still do bring the feeders in at night to protect them from the raccoon.
Oranges are out for the orioles, the rose breasted grosbeak are also back. returning for color are the scarlet tanager, indigo bunting, and bluebirds.
We still have a myriad of woodpeckers.
New us this year are a pair of Mallards who rejoice in the seed left under our feeder. They enjoy an occasional dip in the pond.
I know that bird flu has been spotted in some lower counties but I sanitize all the perches and so far the only critters to possibly be affected by the ducks visit are the squirrels and deer.
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