Wednesday, July 09, 2008

Cooled off over the past few days, highs in the 70's yesterday with overnight lows pitching down into the 50's. Tomatoes are begining to grow, and the watermelon vine has just flowered.

Garden Report

Wildlife Spotted:

  • American Toad
  • Baltimore Oriole
  • Black-capped Chickadee
  • Blue Jay
  • Canadian Goose
  • Chorus Frog
  • Cottontail Rabbit
  • Crow, Common
  • Goldfinch
  • Gray Catbird
  • Gray Squirrel
  • Green Frog
  • Hairy Woodpecker
  • Loon, Common
  • Mallard Duck
  • Mourning Dove
  • Northern Cardinal
  • Nuthatch
  • Pileated Woodpecker
  • Red Squirrel
  • Red-bellied Woodpecker
  • Red-winged Blackbird
  • Robin, American
  • Rose-breasted Grosbeak
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird
  • Sandhill Crane
  • Tree Swallow
  • Virginia Opossum
  • Wood Frog

Wildflowers In Bloom:

  • Butterfly weed
  • Early Meadowrue
  • Harebell
  • Marsh Mallow
  • Spiderwort
  • Swamp Milkweed
  • Woodland Sunflower

1 comment:

Lynne at Hasty Brook said...

Did you say strawberry smoothie?

;)