We had a new bird show up at our feeding station in May that had us pretty excited. It was clearly a dove, but not one I’d ever seen before.
My daughter did some research and identified it as a mourning dove, and mentioned that we’ve been hearing them many times.
This was when I discovered that a hooting owl sound I remember hearing throughout my childhood growing up here, was not an owl at all, but a mourning dove!
A couple of photos from the last day of April; by this time, we were seeing lots of white throated sparrows visiting the feeding station.
I just love the pattern the lifted feathers are making in the second shot.
Taken in late April; the blue jays have been making it very difficult to get their pictures of late. I swear, they can tell when the camera starts to focus on them, and take off. But I got this one!
April was when we finally started to see the squirrels again, on a regular basis. As things warm up, some of the trees began leaking fresh sap, and this squirrel is enjoying a sweet treat.
Upside down.
One last deer picture from late April.
You can really see how the winter fur is shedding away, around the chin and jaw.
I have finally been able to go through photos from our living room camera, and process the last batch from April.
This was taken later in the month, and is among the last deer sightings we’ve had this season. Now that things are getting all green, the deer don’t need to come by here as often.
We haven’t seen much of the squirrels for months, but they seem to be back now. This photo was taken and a particularly windy day in April.
The blowing wind reveals the different layers of colour in the squirrels fur. Hard to believe how dark it is under those red tips.
Here’s a photo going back to the beginning of April.
It’s not often we get to see a deer’s teeth. LOL
A couple of last photos taken during the snow storm in the middle of April.
The blowing snow didn’t stop these hardy little birds!
The Re-Farmer 