A journal of my home vegetable garden. Skippy thinks it's his garden, but I've been gardening here for 20 years. We're located near Boston (USDA zone 6). I have a big community garden plot and a small plot in my yard. I try to grow all of my family's vegetables using sustainable organic methods.
Just the common birds today. Sparrows, robins, cardinals. I saw but couldn't get photos of chickadees and juncos.
I like to check my IDs of the birds: from top song sparrow, chipping sparrow pair, white throated sparrow, American robin, and northern cardinal. Bird experts - is this right?
Labels: birds
posted by kathy at 11/21/2011 09:38:00 PM
"A well planned garden
bathed in rain and sun.
A faithful laborer...
and the harvest shall come."
...Nancy Simms Taylor
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Great shots, getting up at 6.20a.m. in the dark is hard. But the sounds of the little Robin singing in the new day in the tree outside our house makes me smile and think, if that little thing can get up and go, so can I. Life would be very drab without the little birdies.
Marian (LondonUK)
November 23, 2011 6:35 PM
Yes the darkness is hard now - and UK has even more darkness than us. I am counting the days til we are on the other side of the solstice.
November 26, 2011 11:20 AM
That's a beautiful photo with the cardinal. Would make a sweet and peaceful holiday card.
November 30, 2011 1:33 AM
A darling site. And you've correctly named the birds.I'm going to begin a window gardening blog, shortly. I'll link to your "elder statesman" blog.
Emily at crownheightsflorist.com
in urban Brooklyn NY
December 01, 2011 1:19 PM
I agree with most of the bird IDs, but picture 015 is not chipping sparrows. The chap on the left is your song sparrow again. The pink bill and buffy brown colour of the chap on the right indicate it's a field sparrow. They are very good photos!
December 16, 2011 10:31 PM
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