The Herons are long gone and all that sits in the giant Cottonwood tree are empty nests. The Heron Rookery will remain lifeless until next summer.
Category Archives: birds
Blue Berries
The Red Cedar has blue fruit that is consumed by birds. The birds have helped spread these trees all over.
Baltimore Oriole
When I am picking cherries, a Baltimore Oriole comes around making noise at me. She has a nest of babies in the nearby Bella di Giugno Pear tree.
Earthbag Nest
Eastern Phoebes chattered at me when I checked out the relic earthbag hut. I found a nest with babies inside.
Grackle Rookery
For awhile in spring the Grackles congregate and nest in our evergreen windbreak. They drop poop all over everything, even sometimes on me.
Gander Territory
Ring-a-round the rosie, A pocket full of posies, Ashes! Ashes! We all fall down.
Lilac Expansion
The Old Fashioned Lilacs have kept suckering, conquering more ground. The poultry like to hide in there.
On The Brink Of Death
After assuming the worst, a survivor has risen on the 3rd day. This guinea finally came out of the windbreak after 8 inches of snow and -9F low. She was vocalizing the common buckwheat sound that the females do. I let the other guineas out of their shed, helping bring this one back into her […]
Attempted Suicide
This is another post about the white guineas that have been a part of my life since 2013. The first part of the story can be found on http://www.fastgrowingtrees.us/KlecknerOasis/dumb-youth/ and http://www.fastgrowingtrees.us/KlecknerOasis/clipping-guinea-wings/ The second part of the story comes last summer when the white male wondered off, never to be seen again by me-http://www.fastgrowingtrees.us/KlecknerOasis/white-guineas-minus-one/ . 2 […]
Color Segregation
It looked like the Guinea Fowl separated on the roost by their color.