We Have Been Adopted!

Going into July, we haven't seen much of our House Wrens. For a while it looked like they weren't coming this year. However, they did finally show up and started to check out the birdhouses. The Tree Swallows kicked them out. The White Bird House was not to their liking, but they finally chose the yellow one.

She is a very intense bird! Watching her try to get a stick in was kind of fun.

Of course the stick had to go in sideways. Eventually she figured it out

She's a pretty sloppy house keeper though. Low marks for neatness.

She does look very proud of herself!

Update

Its been quite a time since my last Blog posting. A lot has happened! Spring has finally turned to HOT summer (it seems). The yard work is complete and the gardens planted. The trees have been trimmed and the flowers are coming up. I figured I would take a break and compute.

Our eldest grandson graduated this spring. That meant 4 days in Red Deer enjoying the event. He is off to Red Deer University in the fall. Its close to home and the living is good

 

Our bird houses were cleaned out and put back up. I put them on 2 foot galvanized pipe on top of the fence posts to discourage our neighbours cat. We will see if that works or not. So far we have a House Wren settled in. She is not spooky at all. 

House Wren

Also we have a Black Capped Chickadee in the nest at the peak of the garage. Smart bird! No cats will get up there. The male is bringing food to her, so perhaps she has already laid eggs.



Black Capped Chickadee

The other nests are being fought over by two pairs of Tree Swallows. We will see how that works out! Hopefully, your yard or acreage is bloom!







She's back!

Same house, same tree, same House Wren!

The Wren Family

Time is flying! T1 and T2 will soon be leaving the nest for good! 

This is the first time that they have been near the door and I am surprised at how big they are getting.

 I took these from my lawn chair, sitting on my deck trying to recover from the +41C weather. What a place! In 6 months it has gone from -40C to +40C. Go figure!

 Mom ( or Dad is vary cautious and has a neat approach to the nest. Land on apple tree branch. Look around. Fly up to the nest.

 I like how the tail is used as a brace, sort of like a woodpecker.

 The end!