Happy Harvest Blog
A nice nest
One doesn't think of chickens as being nest builders per se, but they definitely do nest construction. Guineas, ground nesters like chickens, craft quite beautifully careful nests, if extremely minimal ones, out of a few blades of grass. It's more of a saucer than a bowl - a slight bank to keep the eggs from rolling out, I suppose. When I set the Silkies on eggs, I think I form a perfect nest in advance, but no.
More woodpeckers!
Found another woodpecker tree, and this one has babies in it, because we can hear them. Peep peep peep peep peep!
Chickadee tragedy (?)
The dead tree was snapped off right through the nest! The nest is almost wholly built out of my hair and fibres I recognize from our Icelandic wool blanket and our fleece sheets. Incredible. Basically he felted together a little bowl.
Chickadees
In the first tree I could see the tail bobbing - what is it doing in there? Then it would back out, fly to a nearby branch, and pfft, spit out a beakful of sawdust. Repeat.
Instagram.
I may not make a blog post every day, but at least I Insta.
Bite size.
