Crabapples in bloom delight both the gardeners and wildlife.
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| Chipping Sparrow in Crabapple Tree |
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| 'Three Graces' ~ Crabapples |
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| The Other Side of 'Three Graces' |
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| Tops of 'Three Graces' Looking Over Towards Crabapple Orchard From Middle Meadow Garden |
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| Yellow-rumped Warbler in Crabapple Blooms |
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| Nashville Warbler in Crabapple Tree |
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| Clever Nashville Warbler Opening Crabapple Bud |
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| Nashville Warbler Moving on to Another Crabapple Tree |
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| Weeping Crabapple Behind Little Studio |
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| Red Admiral Sipping Crabapple Blooms |
The gardens are bursting at their edges . . . everything is moving in the fast lane and it is hard to keep up. Still it is a joy to experience the surge of growth and returning wildlife.
I have never seen so many butterflies at this time of year. A great many tiny Red Admirals and other butterflies floating about and within the many blooms. I saw my first Monarch Butterfly on May 7th . . . the earliest I have ever sighted one in thirty years. It was a male and I could not get a good photograph.
I am thrilled to have a native North American
Nashville Warbler Oreothlypis ruficapilla, that I originally mistook for a Common Yellowthroat female. How could I? The Indigo Bunting and Baltimore Orioles are back and I will be sharing some wonderful portraits of them coming up.
Encounters with a winsome weasel.
Happy Mother's Day to All of you MOMS out there.
