Friday is buck day, taking it in stride

From a week ago, this buck dashed across one of the trail cameras. His antlers need a chance to grow back and if given a chance, he will feed well on the recently planted corn (provided the electric fence fails.)  After 5 days of cloudy skies, the batteries on the fencer are running low, so that's a possibility.

He could be running from or to something. The pictures taken before and after give no clues but he was in a hurry to get where he was going.

Bird Calls - May 2020

Don't be too disappointed that I don't have pictures, as I did not have the camera ready and the thrasher was a bit elusive.

Brown Thrasher - this is a new one for us here. While we live in their area of habitat, we hadn't seen these birds before. The link has several playlists to hear their long melodious calls.

Eastern Bluebird - I built several birdhouses for these birds but sparrows and swallows squat in before they have a chance to take occupancy.

Previous year visitor

Our weekend was filled with fencing repairs and digging out white pine seedlings between the needed rains.

When taking a break, the air was filled with swallows swooping through the air mixed with turkey buzzards circling above.

It was a good couple of days.