We had a new visitor in our yard last night–an adult cottontail, which we viewed from our living room window. Sometimes we see rabbits from our kitchen window but we have not seen one from there in months. There are raspberry thickets in back, I believe, they hide under. The new visitor was there a few minutes and disappeared into the bush. I have lived here for over ten years and this is the first time I remember seeing a cottontail from my living room window. Once my wife actually saw a turkey in our front yard. I have never seen a turkey in our yard. A few days ago she saw a three foot black snake on our lawn from the bathroom window. You never know exactly what you are going to see from our living window or in our yard.
Tags: black snake, cottontail rabbit, my wife, nature, our yard, rabbits, raspberry plants, visitor in our yard, wild turkey, wildlife
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I keep looking for the two pheasants as I pass the meadow but I have only seen one again. I did flush a small cottontail in the area yesterday. No more pheasants, though. Every time I drive along there I am curious what I will see. I have seen red winged blackbirds fly over the meadow but not this year. It is still too early in the season although not all migrate. I have only seen the blackbirds in the winter time in a bog viewed from a nature center. There are marshes a few miles away that attract red winged blackbirds. It is still early in the season. The farmer has strategically placed nesting boxes for them. They come back every year. Every time I pass there I try to spot them after they have returned from their migration. These are two birds I like. The pheasants wander to my area from the game lands. They really are a rare sight here.
Tags: bird migration, bird-watching, birds, bog, cottontail rabbit, farmer, game land, marshes, meadow, nature center, nesting boxes, pheasants, red winged blackbirds, spring
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