Flickers on the bluebird trail

A Bluebird nesting box midway along the bluebird trail being visited by a couple of Flickers (Red Shafted Northern Flickers).  The Flickers appeared to be helping the bluebirds keep a house-hunting swallow at bay. . . 

That's my stab at the story.

 

"I realized that if I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes." - Charles Lindbergh

The changeable exhilarating first days of Spring

As the snow leaves

The creek reappears

some Frosty mornings

 Mid day wanders

 Early evening skies

 Platoons of robins

 and solitary hunters

 Sudden storms of hail, snow and winds

 Red winged blackbirds tumbling about in stunning synchronicity

 

 

A very blue bird

 And our April flicker ~ right on schedule

 

 A glorious time of year.

Winter is becoming spring

 

Spring catkins are busting out all over...  

Here's a quick little video of a moment this past Saturday afternoon 

at the creek crossing where my daily walk about begins.

Serenaded by the red winged blackbirds.

 

 and some pics along the way.  Glorious sunny days.

'Our' coyote family

March 17th ~ our resident family of coyotes came out together on a weekend hunt.

They are fairly distant in these pics ~ down the other end of our hay fields ~ but they were quite obviously having some success.  They look very healthy which is great ~ it must have been a good winter for them.

 

   

 

Many mornings in the wee hours  ~ on the cold air ~ we hear them calling to each other.