The Fledglings Have Flown

It was wonderful to watch the robin nest this past month...

three babies successfully flew away with their Mama.

I climbed up just get a better peek at the nest and saw there was 1 little egg that was not viable

but I left the nest and egg where it was as Robins usually have 3-4 batches of babies every season

and whiles they tend to build a new nest for each brood, they will take material from old nests.

It was a honor to watch them.  The Moms are sooo dedicated.

I know how nervous Robins are around people typically so I was pretty touched that she

got used to me and seemed okay with me fairly close to her babies when I was out watering

the garden and trying to get some quick snaps of her beautiful babies.

Nature it so amazing & powerful, the world would be better if more people embraced it's magic.

Huey The Woodpecker

So years ago we had to get a big 40 or 50 foot dying tree cut down in our back yard

but we asked the tree guys to leave like 15 feet of the stump and here's why...

Huey our woodpecker.  He comes every year and he chips away at the dead stump

and finds lots of food in there.  It's so satisfying & amazing to watch him, he works so hard to live.

A Favorite Paddle With Bald Eagles!

This is the lake by our house.  We launch our boats here on days that we want to stay close to town.

This day out kayaking was AMAZING because guess what!?

We actually saw TWO AMERICAN BALD EAGLES....holy #(#*!!!

We've never ever seen these kind of birds here, apparently they do come this far North now & than.

It amazes me how different each time out paddling can be.  All the beauty we see.

(check out that super cool orange lichen covered island...magic...and the water lilies...magic again!)

Unfortunately the water was quite choppy that day so we couldn't get super close or super clear photos of the two eagles but it is going down for sure as one of my favorite paddles ever.