Ketch-up Day

 

How are you? Is your week going well?

Here, there's a lot going on in the garden. 

I went outside the other day and saw this:

That little dark spot beneath the tree is another baby Fox Sparrow. I went back in the house, came back out and he was gone.  I went over and there he was under the grapevine, griping at me the whole time I was weeding, so I gave up and went to the flower area and started weeding again and he followed me over and started griping at me again...or so I thought. Turns out there's two of them.  One is shy and one's an explorer. Hops all over the yard, following mom, falls down between the bricks then hops out. Then tries to hop up on the little fences I have around some of the flowers but no can do.  Their wings are really short and again they have stubs for tails. They literally keep their parents hopping. In fact, the explorer may have popped under the fence. I haven't seen him today. I think I MAY have seen the original Baby all grown up.  It was a fully developed young Fox Sparrow, but it still had a spot of gray on his wing.

The Robin is also nesting again, or another, very near the old nest. We've got frogs, chipmunks, squirrels and, of course, birds. Never a dull moment in the garden. Much entertainment for the cats on the porch.

 

 

  

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My brother, who lives in FL, encountered this guy on his bike ride the other day.

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Last but not least.

  That's it for me, Blogger Buds.  Ketch me up on you.