by Donna Lewis
More good stuff outside. Grab your camera and go look.
I had just put out some bird seeds for the squirrels and the Doves. I put some for them on the ground to keep them from crowding the bird feeders.
I don’t know if you are aware of it, but White-tail bunnies (cottontails) like bird seed! I was surprised also. But they do. They come every day now. I had a hard time getting a photo though, because they wanted to run if I got too close. Sometimes there is a fight between everyone wanting the seeds, including Doves, Cardinals, Blue Jays, squirrels, and many others.
Also, on our front porch is a nest full of baby Phoebes just about ready to leave the nest.
Here’s one of their parents watching them dutifully from our doggie yard.
Then while on my walk, I found a Red-eared Slider laying eggs down by our front gate.
What a Spring and Summer we are having. The rains have produced abundant field grass and insects. Eat up my friends. And please, eat all the mosquitoes you can!
Remember who’s out there.
Nature Along the El Camino Real 