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Index of Subjects It continues to be cool, so far. The Shrubs are beginning to bloom but still we have daffodils and tulips etc in bloom. There are multiple nests about the property and lots of tiny but ever getting louder cheeps from the trees. Robins and Grackles. There are two pairs of White Breasted Nuthatches visiting the feeders every so many minutes. A female hairy woodpecker is coming to the seed cakes but the Grackles (so many grackles) are cleaning them out faster than we can put them out. I can't afford the store bought ones any more and I have run out of them now. I will put out plain pieces of suet for the next few days but with the heat to come it might not be staying good for long enough. She is 'very' upset with us and isn't above flying at me, screaming, and chipping chunks from the frame under the grapevine (which seriously need to be rebuilt soon. I am assuming she is trying to raise young and is very hungry. She appears to be alone. I haven't seen a male with her for some time. Suggestions about what to feed her would be appreciated. She did take an earthworm and mangle it then she tossed it. I never know when she is coming anymore, I used to be able to set time on her but the grackles are always here and they chase her off. We have several tree swallows setting up housekeeping. I think we could put up even more houses and they would all be filled. Only house they will not use is the one the nuthatches moved into early on then abandoned we think. There is a catbird and we were visited by a Shrike. Steve saw it and looked it up. I heard it later on but had no visual. We lost a male hummingbird who was showing his territory and swooped into the car window. I don't think he suffered. I popped him into the deep freeze with the others I am trying to get to either the museum or to Randy. I was looking after my sister's property and as I drove over, I cross the Five Rivers Bridge in White Point Estates. There are some interesting sights there and from time to time through the past couple weeks I have seen Herons and a Kingfisher. There are ducks, of course, and someday when I am down there painting I will take along the book and see can Id them. Last evening as we drove home from Hunts Point on the side of the road was a fox carrying what appeared to be a rabbit. Brown. wild probably. Had a Baltimore Oriole in the apple tree yesterday. Don't they sing a lovely song? Heard twitters but did not see waxwings but they are in the neighbourhood. The apple trees are in bloom. We have a number of warblers the most common are the yellow rumped. A parula sat quite a time in the grapevine the other day. I will be in the yard working a bit more often now the rain seems to have slowed down and am sure there will be more sightings. Deer have been though so we will need to protect out veggies. I haven't known them to munch on Solomon seal before but this year they seem to be trying it. Best regards, Marg Millard White Point, Queens Marg
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