The garden is a delight 365 1/4 days a year!

Among the birds we see here are:

Dark-eyed Junco                                      Downy Woodpecker  

Goldfinch                                                 Song Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow                         Northern Mockingbird

Cardinals                                                 White-breasted Nuthatch

Carolina Wren                                         Eastern Bluebird

Mourning Dove                                       White-throated Sparrow

Carolina Chickadee                                 House Finch

Blue Jay                                                   Hawks and Eagles.

Tufted Titmouse 

Robin 

Red-bellied Woodpecker  

 

Many birds switch to berries in the winter.  Native plants offer a lot more winter nutritional value.  Here are some Virginia natives that birds love:

  •  Viburnums:  Arrowwood, nannyberry, withered, blackhaw
  •  Elderberry
  •  Spicebush
  •  Chokeberry
  •  Winterberry 
  •  Hawthorns
  •  Red Cedar
  •  Alternate-leaved dogwood
  •  Ninebark

 

The devestation of neonicotinoids
"One seed coated with neonicotinoid pesticides is enough to kill a songbird like Blue Grossbeak.  Avoiding these and other pesticides in your home and garden can make a difference."     https://abcbirds.org/neonics

 

https://www.facebook.com/AmericanBirdConserve/videos/391859614988157/

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—Albert Laighton, “In the Woods”

Pathways to beauty.

Each season is a treasure.

 Moon, my gardening     assistant.  

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