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Thursday, 17 September 2020

Mushrooms, nesting boxes, walkies

My post is a bit late. I woke in the week hours, finally went back to sleep, then had a dream about buying an old house and property in Quebec, where COVID is rampant. Their schools started two weeks ago. Crikey!

As I have written, I am happy with the change in seasons.  The fungus continue to delight. (Small things, right?)


The next day, this one was gone.


This little one I photographed last Friday. It grew! The first photo was, as I said, Friday. The second one was Monday.

Pinks!


I went to check out the wood duck nesting box. The ducks are long gone, and critters often take advantage of it! [ Frog pond tails: mice! Dec., 2014;  (Red squirrel usurps wood duck nesting box, Nov. 2017)] I shall still have to check them in spring!

It had guests...

The door tips up, and the clever 2nd mouse leapt onto the top of the door. I couldn't figure out where it went, at first.


One box I haven't totally cleaned out. I must remember...


Nutmeg and Cinnamon were along for the ride. Nutmeg was below, Cinnamon up in the tree.




Back at the house, a little red-eyed vireo was giving Nutmeg the gears. It ignored me, yelling at Meggie. She ignored it, too.

red-eyed vireo from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

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9 comments:

  1. RedPat17 September 2020 at 10:12

    I love the wee face looking out of the hole in the box!
    I lost Legacy Blogger this morning and I don't look forward to truant the new one out!

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  2. carol l mck17 September 2020 at 10:48

    Little things are my favorites ~ Great photos of your wonderful area ~ ^_^

    We had the biggest, fattest raccoon on the deck last night ~ turned on the light to let my newly adopted yorkie out and there it was on top of the gate to the deck ~ fortunately, it quickly left ~ ~ Never had one before ~ may have to take down the bird feeders ~ Yikes!

    Live each moment with love,

    A ShutterBug Explores,
    aka (A Creative Harbor)

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  3. Christine17 September 2020 at 11:16

    Awesome mushrooms, I have been cooking mushrooms a lot lately.

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  4. Olga17 September 2020 at 11:22

    What a beautiful post today.

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  5. eileeninmd17 September 2020 at 12:05

    Hello,

    Love all the different mushrooms, we like to go on mushroom hunts. The Red-eyed Vireo is a cute birds. Take care and enjoy your day! Have a happy weekend!

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  6. Tom17 September 2020 at 12:33

    ...I know just about nothing about mushrooms, but I sure do enjoy looking at them!

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  7. Nancy J17 September 2020 at 13:41

    Lovely homes for the mice, and the fungi, a great variety of shapes and colours, they decorate the forest floor so well. Stay where you are, dreams might be tempting but not while the Covid is so rampant.

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  8. William Kendall17 September 2020 at 15:21

    The little mouse is rather cute. As long as they stay outdoors.

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  9. Soma @ inkTorrents.com18 September 2020 at 01:43

    Love visiting your corner of the world. The fungi photos always cheer me up. Love the colours!!

    -Soma

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