Run - Wren - Sit Spot #831 - May 8, 2021

House Wren making a house

in an old gourd

Saturday, May 8, 2021 3:40 p.m.

Sit 831  : Brush Pile W : Cloudy with rain 

+11° (+9°) NW  15-23 kph  50% humidity 

Robins singing,

Rain on tarp,

Blue Jay screaming,

Crows cawing,

Red-winged Blackbirds calling,

Cardinal singing,

Towhee calling,

Extras:

6:20 a.m. -

Red-bellied Woodpecker,

Blue Jays,

Cardinals,

Field Sparrows,

Canadian Geese,

House Wren,

Red-winged Blackbirds,

 All competing for song space,

Along the rainy afternoon trail -

1st Red Baneberry blooming, 

Robins,

Blue Jays,

Catbird,

Song Sparrow,

Field Sparrow,

Crows,

1st Bluebells blooming,

Other Wild Flowers seen today -

Wild Apple Tree,

Three-flowered Avens,

Hairy Bittercress, 

Domestic Apricot Tree,

Kidney-leaved Buttercup,

Common Chickweed,

Mouse-ear Chickweed,

Daffodils,

Forget-me-not,

Prickly Gooseberry,

Common Dandelion,

Marsh Dandelion,

Red-seeded Dandelion,

Purple Dead Nettle,

Spotted  Dead Nettle,

Grape Hyacinth,

Ground Ivy,

Forsythia Shrub,

Jack-in-the-Pulpit,

Magnolia,

Garlic Mustard,

Domestic Pear Tree,

Field Peppergrass,

Periwinkle,

Quince,

Yellow Rocket,

Common Shadbush,

Spicebush,

Spring Beauty - almost finished

Barren Strawberry,

Wild Strawberry,

Wood Strawberry,

Red Trillium,

White Trilliums,

Common Violet,

English Violet (Sweet Blue),

Sweet White Violet,

Wild Ginger,

Kitchen Window and Bird Feeder -

Red-winged Blackbirds,

Blue Jays,

Cardinals,

Chickadees,

Mourning Doves,

Goldfinches,

Rose-breasted Grosbeaks

White-breasted Nuthatch,

Robins,

Chipping Sparrow,

Downy Woodpecker,

1st Hairy Woodpecker in a long time,

Red-bellied Woodpecker,

House Wren,

Black Squirrels,

Grey Squirrels,

Red Squirrel.

My 10 km run this morning

exhausted me as usual

so not much activity happened

this afternoon other than the dog walk.

Emanuel, the bee keeper

    brought bees again.

Fleur-Ange found a Cardinal nest

    in the Trumpet Vine in the garden.

Photo Site #4 - North Ridge Trail