Monday Leftovers

I’ve been playing with the camera, and I have a lot of pictures I haven’t shared because it’s also been really busy.  So today is all leftovers!

Alice

swallowtail

My crab apple is blooming.

turkey vulture

bluebird

The bobolinks are back!

bluebird

lady red-winged blackbird

Baltimore Oriole

sparrow

This bobolink must be new because he’s awfully shy.

eastern meadowlark

Baltimore Oriole

bluebird

sparrow

Haley

Tiger turned 1-year-old on May 5th.

Bambi

A beautiful sunset from last week.

Have a great new week.

Buzz and Flutter

When I went out to check the soybeans, I decided to enjoy all the wildlife out there.

monarch

bumblebee

wild aster

Admiral

honeybee

fritillary

There were lots of bees and butterflies!

Bees and a Bird

The weeds are still out of control where the magnolia tree was.  I know it’s shocking that I haven’t gotten around to getting them cleaned out of there.  Hard to believe it used to be a well-tended flower garden, but goats and dogs…

I have to say, the other day when I was hanging laundry out, I noticed that when I walked through there, it seemed to be buzzing.

It is swarming with bees.

All kinds of bees.

And the occasional butterfly.

Anyhow, I do still plan on getting them chopped down, but now I’ll feel guilty about it.

The wren was in the maple tree above the mess.

Hopefully, next year I can replace the flowering weeds with horrible, nasty seeds with some beautiful flowers and herbs that they will love just as much.