June 1, 2020

Eastern kingbirds have joined their western "cousins" to feed on growing insect populations.

Yellow warblers are singing and flitting through roadside stands of blooming ninebark and wild rose.

Tree swallows are tending eggs and newly-hatched young in nestboxes.

Robins and spotted towhees are scavenging worms and insects to feed nestlings.

Local Canada goose family of six goslings has dropped to five, despite protective efforts of parent birds (possibly coyote or other predation).

Not birds, but indicative of this time of reproduction: at least two whitetailed deer does have given birth to fawns.

-- Madonna Luers