Darcy was able to feed the chipmunks this summer. One day she sat on the ground and had two or three of them coming to her. Unfortunately they started to fight over who got to eat from the big pile of seeds in her hand and one accidentally nipped her. It pinched her, but did not break the skin and gave her a good scare. We let them eat from the bird feeder the rest of the summer.
The Great Blue Heron is standing on the wharf two houses over. One often landed on our own wharf, too. The gogo's, as Darcy calls the squirrels, also frequented our feeder quite a bit.
We saw many frogs this year, but virtually no snakes. Although bee populations are in crisis, we were blessed with many bees in our gardens and hydrangeas this summer. A lone loon hung around in front of our house for about an hour in the rain one day.
Taken from Mom's deck.
An adorable red-breasted nuthatch. We saw these more often than the white-breasted nuthatches at our feeder.
Hairy woodpecker at the feeder. We also got some downy woodpeckers, bluejays, evening grosbeaks, pine grosbeaks and endless chickadees. Grackles would come and feed on the lawn and drink water out of the puddles after the rain.
Rascals!
While I encourage the wildlife to come to our yard and eat at our feeders, my uncle is not:
Once his garden has been harvested in the fall the deer will be welcome back. :-)
Here is a video montage called Summer Wildlife:
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