More Spring Sightings

The Baltimore Oriole showed up today wearing his bright orange and black suit, just beautiful, and is uncommon for this area at this time.  The Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks have been here for a few days, seen 4 males at once.  In this photo there are 3 sharing grub with the resident Red Bellied Woodpecker.  I neglected to mention in the previous blog that the Pileated Woodpecker is the only woodpecker that makes rectangular holes, as opposed to the round ones that all the others make.  I never knew that before I saw the homes that the Piliated makes on this land.  Whispering Pines is home to many woodpeckers.

Baltimore Oriole

Male Rose-Breasted Grosbeak

Male Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks and Red-bellied Woodpecker

Spring at Whispering Pines (my home)

Spring at the Pines - just a few shots of sights around the land. The flowering trees and early spring wildflowers and fern are just beautiful. Also, the Pileated Woodpecker has made a "condo" in a tree here, he/she is very elusive, I hear it a lot, rarely see. There has been an invasion of the purple finches, along w/goldfinches and a few house finches, in numbers of 20 to 30 at once. And The pines was graced w/the appearance of 4 male Rose Breasted Grosbeaks, they are gorgeous, and an uncommon sight for this area at this time. The kitten that lives outside here now is always up for a trek around the land, follows along wherever we go.

Kitten buddy



Redbud and Dogwood grove




Front Yard Feeders and Flowering trees




Cherry Blossoms



Cherry Blossom Petals in the clover and grass



Dogwoods




Pileated Woodpecker "condo"



Red Bud Blossom

Cherry Blossom