Carol Jones’s Hummingbird Garden.
Mother Nature’s Hummingbird Garden.
The thing that struck me today was the wide array of flowers at Ruthven. All the gardens – including the Butterfly Meadow – are in full bloom. It’s a beautiful place to be.
Common Wood-nymph Butterfly amidst the Rudbeckia.
Another Common Wood-nymph.
Part of the Edwardian Garden at the back of the Mansion.
This lovely little flower, Deptford Pink, can be seen around the margins of the Butterfly Meadow.
A Monarch Butterfly feeding on a Purple Coneflower in Carol’s Garden.
Nineteen of the thirty birds we banded today (63%) were juveniles.
Banded 30:
1 Hairy Woodpecker
1 Downy Woodpecker
1 Willow Flycatcher
6 Purple Martins (nesting boxes)
1 Barn Swallow
1 Wood Thrush
3 Gray Catbirds
1 Cedar Waxwing
1 Warbling Vireo
1 Red-eyed Vireo
3 Yellow Warblers
2 Rose-breasted Grosbeaks
1 Song Sparrow
2 Baltimore Orioles
5 American Goldfinches
Tan “chevrons” in the secondary coverts indicate that this is a juvenile Wood Thrush.
A juvenile Hairy Woodpecker.
A juvenile male Rose-breasted Grosbeak on the left; adult female (note the wear on the outer primaries) on the right….most likely the mother (caught at the same time in the same net).
How the Cedar Waxwing got its name: like drops of red sealing wax.
Cedar Waxwing.
ET’s: 45 spp.
Rick