It was the end of April and there sat another indigo bunting in our backyard. This was the third indigo bunting sighting in the yard so I’m thinking it might be the same one hanging around. His only company was some cardinals and bluebirds. This was the last migrating bird I saw at home.
An adult Carolina wren sits on the bird feeder hook. I hadn’t seen any for a while and now they are passing through with their babies. She started calling and I realized her two babies were bouncing around in our bushes.
The babies were almost fully grown and were taking short flight hops from place to place. I went outside and shot the above. They didn’t seem to mind me being out there and I stayed far back.
I put the hummingbird feeder out about mid-April and the first time I saw one was on 4/28. Both a male and female were coming to the feeder. The last time I had seen one was at the end of August. I only saw the male a few times but there are 2 females that take turns coming to the feeder everyday since.
The last time I saw my backyard turkey was this day at the end of April. She has been visiting the backyard almost every day for weeks. She would quietly feed and take a quick nap under my neighbor’s oak tree. I saw her around 3pm and she was napping. The next day I found out from a neighbor that she had been hit by a car at 5pm at the end of our street at the stop sign. I was crushed. I knew it was my backyard turkey. I haven’t seen her since. I’m thinking someone hit her on purpose. The turkeys here don’t dart out in front of cars. The speed limit is 20 and she was hit at a stop sign? The neighbor didn’t see the car that hit her but she was dead when the neighbor found her. The people who live near that stop sign don’t have cameras so we couldn’t check that. I just don’t understand people anymore.
On a brighter note, the hibiscus in our courtyard have been blooming and they are huge. The top one starts out pale pink and turns yellow before it dies. This type of hibiscus doesn’t close at the end of each day. They stayed open for at least 3 days.
The peace lily plant has also been blooming.
I took the above shot of the gulf fritillary with my phone as I was taking the garbage out.
Your bird and flower pic are beautiful. Sorry about the turkey. Someone was careless about hitting the turkey or intentionally hit it.
Beautiful bird and flower photos
Sorry to hear about the turkey. I love catching sight of them – it’s a rare treat.
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Lovely Humming bird and other birds. So sad with the backyard turkey.
Beautiful Hibiscus! I don’t succeed with them.
Love the hummingbirds. We had a feeder at our kitchen backdoor at our previous house, but since we moved we have not seen any since. Hopefully we will see some here as well.
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An Indigo Bunting in your yard! That’s no fair. I can’t scare one up anywhere.
Wonderful photo series of beautiful birds and gorgeous flowers. Very unfortunate to hear about the turkey.
So sorry to hear about your backyard turkey. Those are really pretty shots of the hibiscus flowers.
Nice bird encounters, but very sad about the turkey. We have not seen many Carolina Wrens this summer– they were fairly common last year. House Wrens are very much in evidence and succeeded the bluebirds in one of the boxes.