Looking for Mom!

Indigo Bunting! One beautiful bird!

My Awwweeee  moment for the day! Baby Robins. Only the one would peek it's head over so I could snap a picture!

My first view of the Adult Male Orchard Oriole! Very neat! Very different from the Baltimore Oriole!

Juvenile male Baltimore Oriole

Another first time visitor to our yard. Juvenile Male Orchard Oriole.

Female Rose Breasted Grosbeak.

First time visitor to our yard the Female Rose Breasted Grosbeak!

The female Oriole arrived just in time for Mother's Day.

Arrival  of the Male Oriole May 2014. He sure is pretty!!

Loved being serenated one morning by this cheerful House Finch :)

Spotted a Male Hummingbird this morning!! Noticed that the Male always migrates back first. After doing some reading, the Male shows up early to establish territory and also gives time for more nectar and bugs to become available for the female. She needs to reserve her strength for raising her young.

http://www.learner.org/jnorth/tm/humm/MigrationMalesFirstAns.html

This also applies to other birds such as the Baltimore Oriole

Spring has been a long time coming here. Sitting on front step soaking up some Sun and had a visit from a feathered friend wanting raisings. Robins often return to Wisconsin while there is snow on the ground yet. Raisins are a good source of protein for them until the worms and bugs arrive :)

 

Time to hang the Hummingbird feeders!! Please make your own syrup. The store bought red dye is not good for the Hummingbirds. 4 parts sugar to 1 part water. Boil 1 minute. May be stored up to two weeks. Link to migration map.

http://hummingbirds.net/map.html

Full Moon

Full Moon taken March 16th 2014. Known as the Full Crusted Moon,  Full Sap Moon or Full Worm Moon.