The Luck o' the Irish be with you t'day! ☘️🍀☘️

 

Slate-Colored Junco

 

Bluebird on Winterberry

Candlemas...belatedly

 

The real Candlemas was on February 2nd, but that was only five days after my surgery.  So I'm hand-dipping candles on March 14th instead, because that's when a friend can join me.

This photo shows last year's batch.

This was Shiloh 😊 (Inspired by Susan's comment about his dancing prowess)

                                                                   Shiloh the Dancer

 
                                       Shiloh the Daddy                                                 at Hallowe'en

 
                                                             Fun in the Waves

    Suited up to catch a brown bat.  Holding 4 newly tagged birds!   "Had to" catch an Arctic squirrel

Susan continued...

(...to be continued...)

Susan found this for us!

 

Bluebirds ... still!

                          

Thank you, Thank you, Susan-I-Am!

      

USS Cumberland

On this date in 1862, the tall ship USS Cumberland was sunk by the ironclad CSS Virginia during the battle of Hampton Roads. My great great grandfather was a gunner on that ship.  He happened to be on the far side of the ship when it was strafed, and was able to swim to shore. Otherwise, I would not have existed. A third of the crew perished. The captain boldly refused to lower the flag, which became a rallying event for the Union. I'm gratified to know that my family has always been on the best side of politics.  ~ listener

USS Cumberland sinking on March 8, 1862 during Battle of Hampton Roads,

by Max Lonzanida

Pine Siskins!

 

Canadian artist!

 

The Peak of Mount Mansfield

American Cardinal, male

 

It's Town Meeting Day in Vermont!

 

listener will be helping to count the vote.

Another accolade for Shiloh...

Shiloh was to be awarded this at the end of 2025.

It wll hang at the homestead throughout the year.

The award was renamed to honour him.

 

Welcome, March!

Spinnaker is so excited that the rodents are waking up from Winter's sleep!

Fun Fact: Red squirrels frequently tunnel through snow, often creating elaborate networks to navigate between food caches, trees and feeding areas.  These subnivean (under-snow) tunnels help them conserve energy, stay warm (around 32ºF), and escape predators, as they can travel under a foot or more of snow.

See ya, February!

Carolina Wren (We had a pair of them!)

 

Clay Leaf

Lovely photo by my dear friend Ginger showing me that she kept the Clay Leaf pin I gave her

many years ago.  It was made my another dear friend of mine, Shirin, decades ago. 

My goodness, I'm feeling rather old.  ~ listener

Four Starlings (Flock of 60!)

 

Sky Blue

Hathaway on Rodent Patrol

       

This gorgeous Barred Owl is, we believe, a female, as she's huge and the females are larger than the males. She returned as sentinel on our fence after a storm. So, I checked in with one of Shiloh's colleagues, who confirmed that Barred Owls hunt rodents and aren't much interested in birds.  This was further confirmed when a pair of White-breasted Nuthatches braved the scene to eat at our feeder.

Nap Time for Mizzen

 

Nap Time for Spinnaker

🥳 💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛❤️❤️ 🎉

Second Puzzle of the Week

 

First Puzzle of the Week

At the Weekend Protest

 

    

 

Democracy Day! 🇺🇸

Surely, this is what Washington and Lincoln would want for us today.

Let Your Light Shine!