Saturday's Critters

Our Ottawa kids are coming over Saturday. Even Jordan is coming from Kingston. We haven't seen him since Christmas. He is a busy student. 

I do like the hawks. This is from last year. 

 It was screeching something in hawk-speak: 

I could hear this one yelling at someone. I have my days when I could yell! Merlin tells me this is a red-shouldered hawk, but I think our frequent flyers are the Broad-winged.

 

Here is Butch playing King of the Castle!

   

 There seems to be a young one in this pack. 

   

 They arrive at dusk, and when someone was doing his dish washing chores! 

 

Space, Fred and Barry

First, we watched the space launch. It takes a village. 

Here on Earth, close to home, I am happy seeing miniFred. At least I think it is the young one. Hard to tell! She is hypervigilant.

She climbs on the rock and looks around.

I explored, and she's been working on her entrance/exit, 

and reopened the one at the back of the shed.

The critters work hard to find food and live a good life. This is Barry Beaver's work. I was fascinated, since the sap is dripping. Barry is still frozen in the wetland in his dam.

Cinnamon snuggled in the cat house.

These temperature fluctuations are awful! March 30 vs. March 31...

The daffodils are arising from slumber in the back yard. There is hope.

Birding in the spring

 It is nearly time to put feeders away. The bears will be on the move soon. This is what happens in May. Mating season and the 2-year-olds are sent to find their own territory.

I am enjoying birding while we can. This red-bellied woodpecker was hanging about. It was tricky!

Then the blue jay arrived. It froze to see what the Jay was up to.

It wasn't any easier to photograph it when it landed on the feeder!

Sheesh! 

It will have to suffice!

I've been noticing other action. I watched a red-winged blackbird land on #75's nets box, and quickly fly away. I'll bet he is in there and not willing to share.

Another moment in time, I spotted two blue jays. They'd both gotten seeds from the feeder, then landed in the chestnut tree. The one begged food from the other. And he fed her. It's the twitterpated season!

Front deck birding is lovely. The bird songs in spring are amazing. The chain saw, not so much!

 

#NoKings Day, 2026

 I noticed this online. I had to look up Kid Rock! What a jerk! 

Tis said it looks like the White House, his mansion.

#NoKings Day, 2026

Deer family and fundraisers

 I keep saying it, but soon it'll be the last of the deer. They disperse in summer. 

They lay down, eyes and ears peeled for predators while chewing their cud.

The cats and I need morning entertainment. Normally they fight outside the door. I try to let one of them inside the bathroom while I do my ablutions. It occurred to me to put the ribbon under the door. This was Cinnamon's turn. Nutmeg was outside the door.

We've had a pair of crows. I peeked out the window, and they flew off. 

Next, along comes a single turkey tom. The fawn found the creature interesting.

 

In news, the 🇨🇦 Canadian flight attendant who was ejected from the Jazz plane in that horrific incident at 🇺🇸 LaGuardia is facing a long journey back to health. According to her fundraiser, she flew 100m in the air. There are lots of surgeries, and she is still in a New York hospital. It is going to cost a fortune to get her all the surgeries and rehab she will need. It's beyond me why someone else isn't paying for this. It would be covered with universal healthcare in Canada. 

AV Brief

While I am at it. Our blog friend, Scary Mary, has bad news about her daughter and her health issues. A family friend is doing a fundraiser: GoFundMe Link. Not only that, but Mary herself had a health  episode: Apartment Life #413. I feel so badly for all those going though trauma.