27 Oct 2012
HAPPINGS AT THE HABITAT
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Lots of activity at the Habitat this fall
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Every spring and early summer the Carpenter Bees drive us nuts. This fall a Woodpecker is helping to relieve us from going crazy, it is busy cleaning out the Carpenter Bee nests.
Woodpecker cleaning out Carpenter Bee Nests.
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Another mystery solved. Last winter and this spring we had a muncher visiting our gardens. We knew it was a deer but not how many. We had seen a doe with some fawns but figured out that was not our visitor. The other day the mystery evolved, there he was a Buck. A few days later I aw him down by the vernal pool just relaxing in the sun. so we are sure he is a regular visitor to the Habitat and expect to see him again and again through the winter. As we are a Wildlife Habitat there is not much we can do to deter him except to live with him until he decides to move on.
Regular visitor to our gardens
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Our frog pond is reaching its end for this year. Too shallow to support frogs through the winter. We have to move them to a better place. Charlie and Bella are checking out the frogs from the garden pond. Aiden and a girl he met at the frogs new home are sending the on their new journey.
Checking out the frogs from garden pond. Pond freezes solid can not support frogs through the winter.
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Frogs being let go at their winter home.
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Female Red Bellied Woodpecker at suit feeder.
Female and Male Red-bellied Woodpecker feeding at different feeders at the same time. Usually we see only one Red-bellied at a time, one comes and goes than another. Sometimes one will be at the feeders on the south side of the house and another will be at the feeders on the north side.
Male Red Bellied Woodpecker at another suit feeder
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Wild Blueberry showing its colors this fall.
A wild Blueberry bush is showing its fall colors a statement that it is part of this Habitat. On the south side a Sunflower is making its last stand providing some food for birds.
The last sunflower making a stand against the south side of the house.
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HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY
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Enjoyed the trip thru the habitat
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jwlw Reply:
October 27th, 2012 at 9:48 pm
Hi Cynthia: Garden here is putting out is last hurrah. Starting to wonder what the Florida Garden looks like?
Have a great evening,
John.
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Cynthia
October 27th, 2012 at 4:57 pmpermalink
Wonderful photos!
I especially like the woodpeckers!
Have a great day!
Lea
Lea’s Menagerie
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jwlw Reply:
November 1st, 2012 at 8:40 am
HI Lea, We have lots of woodpeckers here in NH. Also have Red-breasted at our place in Florida.
Have a great day,
John
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Lea
October 31st, 2012 at 9:18 pmpermalink