We also were visited by Randy's friends Sean and Annie Huff and their son Jordan on July 12. I have included a couple pictures of them too.
The Killdeer pair attended their nest and 4 eggs from June 3 to June 29 - 30 when they hatched. Two hatched each day. Above you can see two newborns and the adult. One baby is just at the adult's tail and the other is slightly below the weed clump in the lower right corner.
And here is a young one exploring later in the day. By July 1, they were all gone!
Whass up? Female Goldfinch and House Finch share lunch.
Male Goldfinch color is so vivid in the afternoon sun.
Female Goldfinch
Lots of House sparrows visit.
I think this is a juvenile Red-bellied Woodpecker. That elongated hole in the tree must have something tasty and this bird spent a lot of time leaning in.
Five baby Mallards and their Mom came by to gather up seeds that had fallen from the feeder. Another Mallard was in the area and threatened these little ones, so they stayed put while Mom fought off the interloper!
Another local native also comes to clean up the scraps.
Cathy's Mother's Day hanging basket continues to flower here and below.
Randy and Sean have been friends since their College Days at Shippensburg University. Sean and Annie live in New Cumberland PA, so they are able to get together regularly. The boys go fishing for a week in New York near the St. Lawrence River every year.
Cathy had made some activities for Jordan, but he had missed his nap and had a very short attention span. Dixie can't understand why she is not the center of attention.
The Huffs are expecting their second child in September or October, so Cathy has more knitting projects to plan!
They walked over to the play area where Jordan got to ride the Chipmunk.
Later that evening we got a call from Randy who said that Jordan was sound asleep before they got to US 322, about 1 mile from the entrance to Thousand Trails!
That is all for this time. Thanks for looking.
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PS.
What are you lookin' at?
These are for our loyal follower in in Owings Mills MD in lieu of pictures of Dixie. Above, in a not too flattering pose, and below, more formally, is our Marmalade who was with us for about 21 years and went to her greater reward a few months before we started our travels.
Meow!
