August 5, 2007

• Garden critters

  I thought I’d post a couple of pictures I managed to take of some of the many animals that love our yard.

  

  Here I present our resident chippie. In a friendly altercation on our
  neighbour’s driveway yesterday, various neighbours proclaimed that this
  chippie was “theirs” — one even opined that he had christened it, and
  so it was definitlely his! (We didn’t inquire too deeply into this
  whole chippie-christening thing…!) However, Dave and I know that
  although this chippie may visit others, he resides with us. Besides, we
  found his little house behind and under our old metal shed… so there.

  

  Here is a nest of three robins to be found at our front door on an old
  wreath. Well, you won’t find them now, since they just fledged. We
  can’t believe how late birds are venturing to raise young this year.
  This was the third successive family to be raised on this spot.
  Needless to say, we removed the wreath right after this one. Poor Mrs.
  Robin deserves a rest, we feel!

  

  These three fuzzy snapshots are all that I have to convince you that
  friendly redbreasted nuthatches have been raiding our feeder. They are
  no bigger than chickadees, and like to swoop in from the nearby spruce
  tree, grab a seed, and swoop on out again. I have observed them also
  doing that great nuthatch thing of wending their way down various tree
  trunks.

  Hope you’ve enjoyed this little backyard outing. Cheers for now!

  CG

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