We don’t have nearly as many birds these days, and my weekly bird list was much shorter last week.
I think the migrants have passed through, and the residents are busy feeding babies. I found what I think is a Cardinal nest up on the hill behind the house, in a honeysuckle bush, with two brown splotched eggs. And the cardinal chipped at me from the bushes. Then this morning, on our walk, we heard funny sounds, and looked up and saw a hole in a tree with Red Bellied Woodpecker babies in it. They’re huge babies – as big as the parents – and they make almost as much noise.
On my trip out to the wetland I saw another nice nest – belonging to a Gray Catbird. It’s quite deep, in one of the willows along the old road, and has 4 dark aqua-colored eggs.