The bluebirds saga
Last year in March, a bluebird couple inspected our birdhouse. Obviously it wasn’t up to their standards because they didn’t come back. Soon after that, a less pretentious chickadee couple moved in and after a few weeks their three little chicks hatched.
You can see the pictures here.
This year, another bluebird couple has been checking our birdhouse and its neighborhood. Good food and water close by with a 24 hour security fence around the backyard. Maybe not the kind of luxury home to which they were accustomed but a fine house just the same.
The landlord cleaning the birdhouse.
They have been in and out several times during the day. The male perches on the roof and looks around, his head turning like a periscope, and the female goes inside to look around. But they still look undecided.
A chickadee couple has also been eyeing the house. It is too soon to know who is going to nest in our birdhouse but it will be interesting to see who will make it their home.
This year’s first bloom…
Last year this orchid's blooming was spectacular, but this year promises to surpass it. It has two large stems, each one with additional shorter stems and yesterday, very appropriately for Valentine's Day, it opened its first bloom. Today, the second one is peeking behind.
They are back…
As soon as the weather turned cold, and it is cold right now, several bluebirds came back to our feeders. It was a welcome sight, their blue plumage contrasting with the few still hanging orange leaves.
Passing through…
It's that time of the year again, when hummingbirds pass through Georgia on their annual migration to Central America.
