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AMAZING Monarchs: A New generation!
We have two blossoming milkweed plants growing in cracks in our cement doorstep in front of our garage door. Today we have been watching a female Monarch feeding there on the blossoms since around 10...
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Monarch Butterfly Eggs!
The female Monarch butterfly was back yesterday and was laying a few eggs on the underside of milkweed leaves! The egg shown above is a very small pinpoint white dotThe egg shown above is an...
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Monarch butterfly eggs hatching!
I am monitoring my milkweed plants looking for signs of newly hatched eggs. a hole in a leaf might indicate that an egg has hatched and a tiny caterpillar might be feeding there! YES, I found such a...
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dry milkweed blossoms
The stalks on this milkweed blossom are drying and as they become dried out and brittle they fall from the plant. Realising that the little monarch butterfly caterpillar climbing on the blossom stalks...
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Monarch Butterfly update
Update on the Monarch butterfly caterpillars! On August 4 and 5th. We collected three caterpillars from our milkweed plants and put them in cages on a bookshelf in our back porch.For two weeks the...
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The colours of Bird Alley
Our most recent arrival at Bird Alley yesterday was a White-throated Sparrow!( seen in the included picture, see its white throat! and its yellow lores) actually there were two of them! We had many...
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White-throated Sparrow for Saturday Critters
We have two little White- throated Sparrows that visit daily and they appear to love paying chase and scratching in the snow for seeds. Their beautiful 'stand out' yellow lores easily identify this...
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The First Robin of 2020
Yesterday morning, February the 27th. I saw this handsome American Robin feeding in our ornamental Crab apple tree in Bird Alley! This is the first Robin we have seen in this year 2020!What a wonderful...
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An early Robin for Saturday's Critters
for the second day in a row this Robin has bisited us here , in Bird Alley. Its sighting has added to the promise of spring arriving soon. I am posting this morning to Eileen's Camera Critters. Have...
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Deer walking crossing the highway
Today we watched this deer, from the interior of our approaching car, as itsafely crossed the highway in front of us....
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My first Duck Sighting of 2020
Yesterday afternoon I did my rounds of my usual duck sighting locations at ponds and the river I go to daily, and I found none. However, on my way home I decided to check out my communitiy's local...
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Male and Female Goldeneye for Saturday Critters
Bitd sightings are very rare around here at this time of year. Yesterday I saw a Bluejay and this morning a small flock of starlings but neither sighting created any good photo opportunities. However...
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Canada Geese for Saturday Critters
Earlier this week while out looking for ducks in my regular daily checks, instead of ducks I found a small flock of Canada’s Geese.I am linking today toEileen’s Saturday Critters which can be found at...
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Newly returned species yesterday
A couple of wonderful finds for me yesterday while bird watching through the windshield of my car were Red-winged Blackbirds and Common Merganser ducks! Both were a surprise for me!Also more bird...
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Crocus blossoms 2020
How beautiful and what an uplifting find this afternoon! By some weekday next week I have no doubt that I shall have Crocus in full bloom outside my kitchen window, something to anticipate as I make...
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Common Goldeneye in flight
Yesterday morning I was very pleased to discover that my favourite pond for viewing returning ducks had been almost clear ed of its surface ice. I like taking photos of ducks from my car at this...
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Wood Ducks for Saurday Critters
I still enjoy finding ducks and yesterday I chanced upon a couple of Wood Ducks in flight!above is the male Wood Duck in flight.. below is the female Wood Duck, mostly identified by her grey feathers...
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My first Great Blue Heron sighting of 2020
On Saturday, April 18 I saw a Great Blue Heron! and I hadn't even been expecting to see one! It was so very beautiful, standing upright on the edge of the pond shore and its breeding plumage was so...
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Field Sparrow sighting
Field Sparrow seen on April 22, 2020 in our feeder area.Its white eye ring and its pinkish bill are its defining identification features!
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