Welcome to Saturday! It is a typical time of year. We have the May blackflies still, the mosquitoes have let up (a bit!), and now, the deerflies are here. They are more typical of July, but we have to go with the flow.
Things are still hatching around here. The robins have laid 2 eggs in the same nest that hatched 3 baby robins last month! Here is a baby I found on the ground a couple of years ago.
Phoebes have 4 eggs in THEIR old May nest. Apparently, we have more babies to come.
In the backyard, a doe ambled by.
doe from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.
I went walkies down to the trailcam and heard a bird. Happily BIRDnet figured it out for me!rose breasted grosbeaks from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.
I used the snake scope to check out the house wrens. They are fairly tolerant of visits, although I do not visit them often. They yell at me to get away when I walk by, but come back shortly. I mean, I have to do the lawn!House Wrens June 20 from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.
Quilbur, the porcupine!Quilbur the porcupine from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.
Turn down the sound, the alarm was set off by moths!moth in the night from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.
The kids have a busy weekend ahead. They had a container delivered Friday morning. They have to put all their kitchen stuff in while their kitchen is getting a major renovation! They are prepared to cook in the backyard, and are ready with their microwave and BBQ.
skunk family from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.
June 20, Mama head for a back scratch!
bear and twins from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.
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14 comments:
...blackflies, mosquitoes and deerflies will never be my friends!
Swimming at the cottage with deerflies circling about. So miserable.
Hello,
Great critter post. I love the baby Phoebes, The Grosbeak is a beauty.
I would like to see the bear cubs, from a distance.
Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Take care, have a great weekend. PS, thank you for leaving me a comment.
Oh those insects are such pests! Love seeing Mama and her twins. They are safe way out there in the woods. Have a great weekend!
What a wonderful bunch of wildlife!
So thrilling to see them all, J!
You have a busy yard.
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You got a lot of critters enjoying your property.
I remember deer flies from when I was a kid in Utah. They about ate my lunch.
Wonderful to see (except for the insects).
Those skunks are a delight to see.
We have the deer flies here and they leave a big red welt on my legs when they bite. Neat to see what you've seen this week. It's always interesting!
how wonderful to be able to watch the tiny eggs and chicks. Hopefully they grow to adult birds :)
What a remarkable collection of wildlife you have! I am, unfortunately, a mosquito magnet.
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