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Babies all over the garden

Female Rudy-Thrroated Hummingbird

We now have lots of birds and animals in the garden now with lots of babies too. Here are a few photos of the chipmunk babies we have.

They  are really tiny, but still willing to wander all over the garden.

We also have a squirrel nesting in one of the bird boxes and she has some babies. Not sure how many yet but here she is trying to get one of them back in.

And the defiant baby having none of it.

We also have the hummingbirds back again. We have several feeders on the deck and at the windows and have about three pairs coming and going all day. They are so tiny, especially the males who are half the size of the females.

 

The girls arrive next week for two weeks holiday, so I hope the weather continues although we are forecast lots of rain over the next couple of days. Just as long as it holds off whilst they are here so we can do plenty of things!

Spring is here

Snowshoe Hare

Well, Spring is here, but not really having had a proper winter we haven’t really seen much difference. In fact the last couple of weeks of March were spectacular with temp in the mid twenties. We have since gone down in temps, but they are still above seasonal norms. We did have snow last Friday, but it only lasted a few hours in the evening and any that settled was gone by morning.

Lots of our summer birds are now back including the flickers. We are still waiting for cowbirds, grosbeaks and a few others, but spring is definitely here. This is  photo of one of our snowshoe hares starting to loose his white winter coat.

And here are two of the most adorable chipmunk photos you will ever see. Thanks to Chris for these.