Hello July!

Well, June is gone and here we stand in July. This year is flying by me.

So much that needs to be done before the end of this year comes. It's time for me to focus on what's really important.

Wordless Wednesday

Wild Parsnip...it ain't for wimps

One thing you go not want to mess with is Wild Parsnip! It will burn your skin and leave scars! Yowza! It is everywhere here at Horicon Marsh in WI. They do post signs which help to I'd the plant.

Sooooo....Can I pick you some pretty flowers?

Painted Buntings, Cardinals, and snakes

Here is a Painted Bunting I saw while watching a snake in a Cardinal nest.

The Bunting came in, as well as a Mockingbird and an Oriole...As if they wanted to help. The poor Cardinal pair we really going crazy. I felt really bad for the Cardinals.

 

Here is the snake. The upper 1/4th of the snake was in the nest. The snake was a bit lumpy so I am assuming it was full of chicks.

Poor Cardinals.

 

 

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

The Scissor-tailed Flycatcher is our state bird. Oklahoma is lucky to have this spring migrating bird. It is so awesome to  watch them build their nests and raise their young. For the past few years we have been seeing more and more of them. They are an amazing bird! Come to Oklahoma in the spring and I'll make sure you get to see one of them....If not a dozen of dozens!

They're back, the hummers are back

It's really spring when the hummers arrive. They came in mid- April. i've seen a few at the feeders. hopefully we will see more after nesting... between broods. 

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When Lilac last in dooryard bloom'd

I always think of Walt when the Lilacs are in bloom.