A quarter inch of rain and some cooler days did nothing to stop the drought, but it allowed us to take a day off from watering all of the young plants.
Six house wrens successfully fledged from a nest in the northwest corner of the yard. This nest box has hosted at least one wren nest every year since it was built in 2019. The wrens left the nest on June 15 and 16.
Bug season has begun with butterflies showing up on the esker. Recent sightings include several Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) and a Red Spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis).
A buck white-tail deer has been hanging around at the bottom of the esker where it is frequently seen eating grape leaves. His antlers are in velvet and developing quickly.
The bird bath is a popular spot watering hole and great place for the blue jays to pose for the camera.
Speaking of blue, the bluebirds at the Ingham Conservation District (ICD) property are beginning a second brood of five eggs. The female was incubating the eggs during my nest box visit on June 17.
Finally, I posted two new videos to the Birdlab's YouTube channel. These included a short video or the interaction between a garter snake and a chipmunk captured on a GoPro camera and a short collection of trail camera shots of woodchucks, turkeys, and a raccoon.
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