Thursday, May 18, 2006
A Garden Walk In High May
It is High May; perhaps the best time in our garden... at least it is the most prolific. I went out for a short walk with the digital camera, and came back with 117 pictures. It is also a wonderful time of the year to see a variety of unusual birds, who show themselves to best advantage now; while the female is sitting on the eggs, the male sings enthusiastically from the nearest tall tree. In a week or two the male songbirds will be too busy feeding their young to warble all day. In the last few days, in addition to the usual birds, I've seen: indigo buntings, orchard oriole, yellow throated vireo, magnolia warblers, rose breasted grosbeaks, a scarlet tanager, and a wood thrush. Not a bad week! Now for a garden walk; above is Arisaema consanguineum.
// posted by IBOY @ 6:38 PM 
