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.
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.
Redstarts are great little birds to see…….we spot them in the Spring when we go birding in western North Carolina.
xo