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^^^ thanks David - she's a monster! Sadly we have to figure out a way to mover her - poor placement by landscaper we used, just one of several that we are dealing with over time. Blue Star Amsonia are just starting their show and I expect hummers will follow soon.
We get back up to our Mtn home Sunday afternoon, traffic/weather/stuff cooperating.
A few species/varietals will be poking up/budding, but many kinds won't be doing much until closer to May.
The giant, 100-200+ yr old oaks, et al don't even leaf out until mid May at our elevation, as 'they' are working off decades/centuries of the real winters they were used to.
Back at Mt Home this past Sunday, hung Hummer feeder Monday: saw first hummer Wed and a couple have come by to feed a few times a day, though I don't view the feeder continually.
Wonder what the spread of H5N1 will do to that species?
I posted, as did a few others in previous year, that our Spring/Summer/Autumn species count is down a bit, as is the number of each species, anecdotally via my observation of our mtn house deck feeding situ... Hmmm.
The virus spread and impact on bird species and mammal species, ranging up and down both N and S America, is remarkable and gives one pause...
Otoh, I saw a Black Throated Blue Warbler yesterday, ignoring the bird seed but busy searching for insects in a flowering stage Pin Cherry tree just off our deck. I observed through binocs from ~ 15 ft away to ID/memorize the visual, and had to look species up in my SMNP bird book and Goog'd it for better ID.
We have some infrequent species that pass through during the non-winter season, but I had never seen this species before, in the wild.
GL, mD
Welcome back to the mountains mD. What a pretty little bird! I have not noticed a difference in birds around us but that's likely because we don't have feeders and thus a consistent location to view and notice variations. The H5N1 spread to mammals is attention getting, for sure.
Thank you, DLM2000!
Have refrained from putting up seed feeders so far: several Mtn top neighbors have posted door cam vids & pics of a couple of different bears going 'door to door', in the last few weeks.
So, I just sprinkle some seed on deck rail and deck surface and glance out the kit window and big window wall and sit on deck occasionally during the day to see who/what species are around.
Bear scat is apparent on my morning trudge, but no sighting yet, which is OK by me.
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