Inspiration and The Garbage Day Project
Blown
This tulip was on the way to compost heap and I happened to look inside it; it’s almost like another season of bloom with these glorious colors.
Nature Report: I forgot to mention last week that the wrens are, at last, back. I hung out my hummingbird feeder last Thursday and saw the first hummer on Friday. I don’t know how they know to come and check. The robin who built her nest in the gutter end under the eaves wasn’t as lax as we thought; her three eggs hatched Sunday. I saw my first orchard oriole yesterday and made sure to put oranges out for it. While I was typing this, a little black and orange bird flew into the bush outside the window. Sibley says it is a mature American Redstart, a type of wood warbler. I have never seen one before.
There’s a new post in The Garbage Day Project blog today.
May 15th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
Redstarts are great little birds to see…….we spot them in the Spring when we go birding in western North Carolina.
xo
May 16th, 2008 at 5:12 am
Judy - I have my binos at the ready this time of year. The redstart was so nice to sit in a bush right by the window. A lucky sighting. Sibley said I should have seen one before but, as with many birds, loss of habitat here and in their winter grounds have diminished numbers.