Top Photo: Eastern bluebird, male. We have one active nest. The three bluebirds in the nest will likely be the last birds to fledge from our bluebird trail this season. ——————————— The Cow Pasture, Explore the Wild, Sailboat Pond, Into the Mist, and Parking Deck East nest boxes are all empty. The Parking Deck West (PKW) nest box contains what looks to be three healthy bluebird nestlings. ———————————— I may be off slightly in my timing but I suspect theRead more
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Life Goes On
Top Photo: Considered invasive wherever they’ve been introduced, American bullfrog and red swamp crawfish are known for their ability to alter and take over habitats. Here’s some photos to guide you through the dry times (we’re in a drought, but life goes on). Even though we’ve been high and dry in our wetland the cattails continue to grow. Many birds have fledged in the past several weeks, like this young Carolina wren. This is an adult common grackle staking outRead more
Nest Box Update 6.20.26
To Photo: Eastern bluebird, male. The one active nest we had last week, is still the only active nest. The Parking Deck West (PKW) nest box has three bluebird eggs inside its pine needle cup. ———————————— The Cow Pasture, Explore the Wild, Sailboat Pond, Into the Mist and Parking Deck East (PKE) nest boxes are all empty, no activity. There are three bluebird eggs in the nest at the nest box on the west side of the parking deck. Read more
Nest Box Update 6/6/2026 – 6/13/2026
Top Photo: Eastern bluebird, male. We have only one active nest. There’s minimal nest material in two of the nest boxes, but it hasn’t been worked for weeks. One nest box which was started by bluebirds in early May, became a project in progress by house wrens, has now switched back to bluebirds and is ready for action. —————————— The Cow Pasture, Explore the Wild, Sailboat Pond, Into the Mist, and Parking Deck East nest boxes are all empty andRead more
Spring to Summer and Little Water
Top Photo: Wetlands losing water to evaporation. As spring rolls into summer, meteorologically speaking, drought hangs over us, the wetlands are drying up exposing more and more of its muddy substrate. But life goes on. Here are some photos of the past few week’s sights and more. As you can see above and below the wetlands is becoming a mud flat. If rain doesn’t appear soon it’ll become a meadow. You can see numerous tracks in the mud of turtlesRead more
Nest Box Update 5.30.26
Top Photo: Eastern bluebird, male. There has been only one change since last week, the house wrens that were bickering over the nest in one of the boxes (PKW) have added to their nest. ——————————— The Cow Pasture, Explore the Wild, Sailboat Pond, Into the Mist, and Parking Deck East boxes are all inactive. They all have been left alone for weeks. The only nest box that has seen progress is the Parking Deck West (PKW) box. As I walkedRead more
Nest Box Updates 5.16.26 and 5.23.26
Top Photo: Eastern bluebird, male. Both last week’s inspection and this week’s inspection are included here. There were no changes in the status of the nests within the boxes over the past several weeks. However, this week’s inspection revealed a take-over of one of the nests. ———————— The Cow Pasture nest box has been empty from the start of the season, no activity. The Explore the Wild nest box at one time held a full chickadee nest. Unfortunately, the nestRead more
Nest Box Update 5.9.26
Top Photo: Eastern bluebird, male. None of our six nest boxes are occupied, though there is one complete bluebird nest in one box. There’s the start of a bluebird nest in another box but the grass and pine straw in the nest box hasn’t moved since it was placed in the structure. One box has the start of a chickadee nest, but it too hasn’t been worked on for several weeks. The Cow Pasture nest box is empty. The ExploreRead more
Nest Box Update 5.2.26
Top Photo: Eastern bluebird, male. We have no nestlings in any of the nest boxes. Two are empty, one has a partial chickadee nest inside, another has a new bluebird nest under construction. Still another has a bluebird nest being built over an old chickadee’s nest. One nest box has just fledged their chickadees. The Cow Pasture nest box is empty, no activity. Explore the Wild nest box, after having lost 5 nestlings, is currently empty. Four chickadees fledged fromRead more