Video of a yellow jacket nest built under our garage eaves. These guys have been hoarding all over the Swamp Milkweed, Hummingbird, and Oriole Feeders.


Wildlife Spotted this Week:

• American Toad
• Baltimore Oriole
• Black-capped Chickadee
• Blue Jay
• Brown-headed Cowbird
• Cedar Waxwing
• Cottontail Rabbit
• Eastern Bluebird
• Eastern Chipmunk
• Goldfinch
• Grackle
• Green Frog
• Grey Catbird
• Grey Squirrel
• Grey Tree Frog
• Lightning Bug
• Monarch Butterfly
• Monarch Caterpillar
• Mourning Dove
• Northern Cardinal
• Nuthatch
• Red Admiral
• Red-headed Woodpecker
• Robin
• Ruby-throated Hummingbird
• Western Chorus Frog

Natives in Bloom:

• Bergamot
• Butterfly Weed
• Common Milkweed
• Daisy Fleabane
• Harebell
• Marsh Marigold
• Meadow Rue
• Spiderwort
• Swamp Milkweed

Other Phenology Notes:

• 4 bluebird chicks hatched in one of our houses; making a total of 7 this year.
• We've had two Bluebird couples and one Tree Swallow couple in our two bluebird houses this year.
• Highs in the 90s and overwhelming humidity that pushes the heat index into the 100's almost all this week.