Animals in the Yard!

The Animals in the yard are coming out.....
Lets see there is:

The Rabbit....
He loves to hop around early morning and evening.

A closer view...

The Squirrels..
they love to play throughout the day and......
sometimes come into the gazebo!

The Frog...So Tiny yet loves the water and Gazebo.

His real size!

The Groundhog...Oh yes they are back...

And Finally Critter in the Pool....
Isn't he cute? He's a keeper for sure.

Night Sounds.

Here I am sitting in the solarium listening to the crickets. It has just rained and the critters are out, There are fireflies, bats, tree frogs, and the crickets. I took a walk out in the yard, the smell of the rain and the sounds are a most peaceful feeling.
Now the sound of a Train whistle and the droning sound of the wheels on the tracks. We have tracks across the street, you can hear the freight and Amtrak train in the yard and in the solarium. Our sky is quiet no planes using our flightplan tonight. What a most glorious Night. Venus is bright and the Moon looks surprised at 3/4 full, probably because of no airplanes in view, although I am now beginning to hear them off in the distance. The airport is not far away. This city/county living is full of nature and man made things sharing the sky and ground. So, no photos to show for the darkness is too serene to disturb and the bats are too hard to capture with a Lens. So, I just continue to watch them fest on the mosquitoes and rejoice in their work!

Nature In My Yard

We have 2 Bird houses. Both are active. The first one was here when we moved in 9.5 years ago. Birds occupy this one all the time. It seems that different birds use it though out the Spring and Summer. Robins, Chickadees,Sparrows and Wrens are among the Nesters. The Robins start out in the house then move to another location once the birds outgrow the house. Watching them building a new nest is fun. I have never been able to catch them moving the chicks. It isn't long before another family occupies the house. A chickadee family has moved in to set up house.
This one is the home of Sparrows. The little one are now ready to began flight. The parents kicked them out and now are watching them. See the one in the picture perched on the side? It just did not want to fly. We watch it for a while and the parents were yelling at it. It just sat there. Earlier hubby found it in the shed, we kicked it out. Now it is still in the Bird house home.

Here it is on top of the house just a few minutes later. It wasn't long before it was in the house.

This is the older birdhouse. Can you see the little peeps beaks? What a riot, they made a lot of noise. These were robins, they are now in flight, out of the house.
We have a bird that visits the fountain daily. It likes to take a bath in the top under the fountain flow sprayer. I managed to take a photo, although I had to take it from behind glass. He comes back several times. I just could not get over the tenacity of that bird.


Now to the rabbits, we have quite a few. Here is one for your viewing pleasure. I enjoy watching them on the deck and in the yard. Earlier in the spring we had a family killed. Managed to safe a couple of the young babies. Released them into the Known Rabbit hole. So one of the bunnies comes up to the glass doors and look in. I think that might be the one we had to feed for a couple hours. He was so little and size of my palm. We later released him into the Rabbit Hole.We have other critters in the yard. As I catch them on camera I will post more through out the summer.