Wildlife in the garden

A walk around the garden is nearly always rewarded with wildlife of one sort or another. Firstly there’s Rocky the runaway. She loves to get out of the pasture and away from the other chickens. Perhaps she is escaping the attentions of Roger Rooster.

Rocky runaway
Rocky runaway

We have lots of Cardinals coming to the feeders and the ground beneath them.

Lots of Cardinals
Lots of Cardinals

We always had these in NY. One new bird to us was this little Indigo Bunting. Nice plumage as the pythons would say.

I've not seen an Indigo Bunting before
I’ve not seen an Indigo Bunting before

We really enjoy seeing the birds in out garden and Miss Lynne has a full time job keeping the feeders topped up. Not all the wild life is welcomed though.

I'm afraid this visitor didn't last long
I’m afraid this visitor didn’t last long

It’s amazing the difference a week makes. Just a few days of warm weather and the trees are humming with activity.

The whole tree was humming
The whole tree was humming

The warm weather also answered the question about having turtles in the lake. We spotted at least three. That might not be good news for the recently added fish!

There are at least three in the lake
There are at least three in the lake