Month: December 2013

DOZENS of birds in the front yard yesterday, tons of robins, varied thrushes, junkos, finches and of course the chickadees. ? Maybe looking for any sunflower seeds left behind. Apparently the chickadees hide seeds in “thousands of hiding spots”, which explains the many, many little sites in the ground that looked like birds poking around. There were 3-4 birds in the pond at a time. Watched the varied thrushes do their winter thing and eat the berries from the American Cranberry trees and huckleberries.

We got our first snow today, of course it is a work day and I am on call. Can’t wait till I’m part-timer and don’t have to drive through the mess as much.

Varied thrushes hanging around the yard, they seem to dig the huckleberries. They are supposed to be hard to spot because they are shy, but they were all business foraging. This is not my photo, I did not have the foresight to bring my camera (or the camera to get this shot!). Chickadees also very active, working on a large holiday mosaic trivet honoring those critters. Next holiday, because it won’t be done by this one, I’m pretty sure:

But I have finished other bird mosaics. See below.

Brodiaea starting to pop up, spring won’t be long! Actually, the shortest day hasn’t passed yet but the sprouts always give me hope. I covered the self-sown containers with Bue-eyed Mary and Spring Blush with glass and plastic bag “cloches” to avoid frost damage. Some Hyssop and Gaillardia seeds have germinated, therefore they were covered with plastic bags, too.