Mar
24
2015
Maybe, the bluebirds will come back. My wife saw a pair of bluebirds check out a bird box placed on a tree on the perimeter of our backyard from her kitchen window two springs ago. I had never seen a bluebird in my backyard. The box fell off the tree the next day. The birds never came back. This time I made sure the bluebird house would not fall down. Let us see if any bluebirds use it this year.
Jan
7
2015
I spotted the pileated woodpecker, again, (this time from my window in my den) climbing up the tree across the street. I shouted to my wife to glimpse it it but it was too late: it had flown away. She had never seen one. Its red crest and large size were unmistakable. I assured her she would get another chance to see it: the bird would be back.
Sep
25
2013
I injured my “monster” cactus, which was hanging over four feet from a tree outside. I was not paying attention and banged into it and tore partially one of the four foot tentacles. I duct taped the ripped tentacle together and then I hung it off the ground by some wire to release some of the pressure on it. The tentacle of the cactus started to tear at the impact point of the wire so I put it in a sling using a discarded sock so the rip might not continue. I felt bad about it and hope the tentacle closes up in time.
Sep
14
2013
I have been watching the “monster” cactus hanging outside from a tree and its four buds. Two are almost open. They should make it before it gets too cold for the plant and we have to bring it in for the season. It really does not like the cold too much. Two buds that are just emerging will probably not make it but the other two will. I am absolutely thrilled we will have flowers from the plant. When we bought the plants months ago it had multiple flowers. They were gigantic several inches wide and tall. These probably won’t be that big. I think my wife bought the plant to spoof me. Its tentacles hanging from the tree are several feet long. I have never seen anything like it before.
May
9
2012
Both my wife and I felt bad about the robin that built a nest just outside our bathroom window in the nearby tree. She said it spent a few days sitting on the nest and then never returned. Maybe our cat who sometimes sits (??? in at) the window ten feet away from the nest frightened it away. And of course there is a bit of traffic to and fro the bathroom during the day. I was really curious whether there were any eggs in the nest. I am going to take a ladder under the tree and find out. I know birds sometimes abandon their nests. Both of us felt bad about it.
Mar
3
2012
Dozens of blackbirds were sitting on a lone, solitary tree on the edge of the road surrounded by several acres of farmland. I guess it was a “convention.” I spotted this from my car and was amazed. They were watching all the cars pass by. Nearby I made the first definite sighting of a red winged blackbird. It is a little harder when they are sitting. There is a small patch of color on their shoulders and their red can only be viewed when they are flying. They come back to that marshland every year. And every time I pass that area I look for them.
Mar
2
2012
The first thing my wife mentioned to me after I got up was she saw pair of bluebirds from the kitchen window, who each tested out the quarters of the bluebird nesting box placed on a tree on the perimeter of our yard. I was concerned about that because the box was precariously balanced and if the couple decided to raise their young there, I did not want to take a chance of traumatizing them by their home falling down. I never had seen a bluebird in our yard. I spent ten minutes strategically putting in nails in the tree to assure the nesting box would stay in place. Now I have to wait to see if the bluebirds would come back.
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