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June 05, 2009
Today Benia muses about a little time she enjoyed in the back yard...
I saw a male cardinal land on the big nannyberry by the deck, while I was sitting at the table. It was pretty close, but he went in there and kept getting deeper into it. Finally, I heard little chirps and noticed a grayish bird hiding in the branches. The papa fed the baby and they chirped and chirped to each other.
I noticed two young robins high up in the chokecherry. One of them was fiddling around with some of the berries. Then an adult robin flew in and chased the active baby away. Later, I saw a baby robin on the snag and a mama robin came and fed it.
Meanwhile, the house wrens have been defending their territory against a sparrow couple that got aggressive with them. I believe the female wren sings more quietly and raises her tail quite a bit. I thought she was looking for a good time, but I'm not sure. The couple still seem to be working on nesting up the box. They go in and come out and chirp and sing and look around, etc.
A couple of cardinals came and enjoyed the rain garden. The female was down there a long time; the male followed her to it, hovered over for a few seconds, then left. An adult robin took a bath in the bird bath, too, at the same time.
That's about it. It's nice to see so much enjoyment of our native suburbia.