Author: tgreen

Just added a vid – 20 seconds or so of a Green Heron in our willow tree, above our dock, preening.

This was only after a couple weeks of going down every day, till that bird just got use to me.  And Miles (our beloved trusty but crusty, lab).

No pics today – but have to post anyway – saw the largest frogs in my life today – 3″ wide at the mouth.  Monsters – they stay on the far side of the pond – needed binocs to make em out.

And – some varmint’s eating my water lily blossoms.  Saw red leaves in reeds, where there aren’t water lilies – meaning something grabbed the blossom/fruit, took it to other side of pond, and ate it.

Seeds, if they are mature, will survive digestive systems – so – we’ll see.

The varmint?  Well, turtles can eat water lilies, and we have small turtles – but they would not carry a blossom to the reeds and eat it there – I suspect one of our herons – either the Green Heron, or the very large (3′ tall) as yet unidentified heron I see sometimes – they are just so shy.

Pond is at normal levels, after recent rains.  (2″ below cross beam on dock)  And today, there are 3 red blossoms, and 5 white, in the water lilies.

Some fun …

More pics to come.  Had 3 red, 1 yellow and 2 white blossoms today.

I’m out on the back deck, overlooking the pond, with my laptop, as I type this.  There are hummingbirds carrying on, just over an arms reach in front of my laptop’s display, feeding from our brightly colored feeder, among other things.

Gets better looking every day.  Almost every hour.  Water lilies are the bees knees.  I can see why artists so want to capture them.

I swear the fish like them too.  We’ll see.