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Dave
Southern Indiana
USDA Zone 6bAn organic (mostly) gardener shares his thoughts about gardening, nature, food and striving to be self-sufficient.
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Tag Archives: bluebirds
Photo Friday: We Had A Blue Christmas
Regular visitors here may remember that Happy Acres played host to a nesting pair of Eastern Bluebirds last year. They had two broods of young, which means there should be a few additional bluebirds flying around out there. And on … Continue reading
Photo Friday: Blue Morning
One morning this week a pair of bluebirds came to visit. So naturally I dropped what I was doing and grabbed my camera. It is likely they are the same pair that nested here this year. If so, I didn’t … Continue reading
More Bluebirds
While we’ve been busy with summer gardening activities, the resident bluebird pair has been busy with family matters. The four eggs that were in the nest on July 4th have hatched into 4 young chicks. I checked on the nest … Continue reading
Four on the 4th, Two on the 3rd, and One For Breakfast
Today we celebrate this holiday with a few photos. Just in time for the 4th of July, the bluebirds have four eggs in the nest box! Keeping with a numerical theme, yesterday I found two young bandits had wandered … Continue reading
Cleanup
Storms this past week have left us with some cleanup work that needs to be done. A couple of large limbs snapped in one of our wild black cherry trees. Fortunately the limbs didn’t fall on anyone or anything. … Continue reading
Working
When I went out to do my morning chores today, I couldn’t help but notice that the bees were taking advantage of the sunny, calm flying weather. The Lemon Queen sunflowers from last year volunteered in the Wild Garden, and … Continue reading
Posted in Beekeeping, Gardening, Nature
Tagged bees, bluebirds, pollination, preserving, spaghetti squash, squash
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Empty Nesters
Pretty much right on schedule, the bluebirds have left their nest box. No longer babies, they are out and about in the wild and dangerous world. My wife and I were fortunate to see the last one leave, though we … Continue reading
