Far from the city’s dust and heat, I get but sounds and odors sweet. Who can wonder I love to stay, Week after week, here hidden away, In this sly nook that I love best– This little brown house like a ground-bird’s nest. ~Ella Wheeler Wilcox, American poet and writer 1850-1919 Want to feather […]
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Spring cleaning is for the birds
Spring has hatched. Tulips are poking their colorful heads out of the ground, trees are covered in flowering buds, and birds are scouting for locations to build a nest. Last spring, one of our two birdhouses was “rented” for the first time when a pair of Chickadees moved in. Weeks passed as we watched mama […]