It really is very springlike at the moment but although some of the seasonal arrivals have started to arrive we are still awaiting the big rush of exotica. Meanwhile, we have consoled ourselves with the fact that the garden list now stands at a quite respectable 38 species for the year (a Hermit Thrush appeared today) and that the myriad white and purple violets in the garden have produced this delightful hybrid ….
Of the birds that I have manged to get “snaps” of here is a Goldfinch in its grown-up summer plumage – and, note, not sitting on a feeder –
… while here is a Ruby-crowned kinglet. perhaps one of the most frustrating birds on the planet to photograph. They are small and twitchy and never stop zipping – hard, hard to get a good focus on.
One of the reasons we have not got out much in the last couple of weeks is that we had the roof re-shingled and immediately followed that by having the siding replaced as the following pictures show (now, of course, this needs to be paid for). The work had to be done for very practical reasons but we were very pleasantly surprised at how much nicer it has made the house look …
– peeling brown paint and all
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