A Walk around the Back40

The Bliss taking so much of my time I haven't been taking my daily walks in the Back40.  Today I slipped away and here's what I saw.

 

The Chestnut Crab was one of the first apples to bloom and now the applets are growing.

 

 

This Bluebird hen was determined to protect her eggs.

 

 

A Hoover apple tree is one of my last to bloom thus escaping any late frosts.

 

 

I should have been cleaning my bird boxes out earlier. I'm still finding nesting mice in many of them.

 

 

With the unusually February the wood frogs laid their eggs early. Then came a very cold March. As a result I've seen only a few tadpoles in the vernal pond.

 

 

So far this year I have only one Tree Swallow nest. Usually I have 2 or 3 nesting pairs.

 

 

 

This Brown Thrasher has some kind of large bug for lunch.

 

 

Only one Chickadee nest this year. The mice have taken over many of my woodland boxes.

 

That's the end of my Back40 walk, hope you enjoyed it.