This little Downy Woodpecker baby and its mom were flying back and forth from tree to tree yesterday. The baby would fly to one tree and the mom would come and feed it and then they would both fly to another tree. (Click on blog link for other photo.)
But they always came back to that first tree where she fed it. It was just precious to watch! Have you seen any baby chicks yet? The baby looks bigger than the adult, don’t you think?
I had never seen a Baltimore Oriole’s nest until we moved to Cape Cod. We had stopped at The Bird Watcher’s General Store and Mike, the owner, gave us a few pieces of a horse’s tail hair to scatter about our yard for the Baltimore Oriole’s nests. Hmmmm…
I did a little research and saw what these amazing and intricate nests looked like and bought some “sisal twine” to scatter about the yard. Not only the Baltimore Orioles pick up these long pieces of twine that they then weave into their nests high in the trees, but many of the other birds love it too.
Next year when it’s nesting season, get some sisal twine and separate it a bit and scatter it about your yard. It’s really fun to see who comes and picks it up and flies off to build their nests.
Have you ever seen an Osprey nest this big? It looks like an Eagle’s nest! These two Osprey were so busy building their luxury dwelling on top of the pole these past few weeks. (Click on blog link for other photo.)
I took this photo a few days ago, so I presume the little ones are up in the nest, although I have not seen them.
If you take a walk down Coast Guard Beach, you will see most of the upper beach to the right is cordoned off with stakes and string to keep the public off of that area. (Click on blog link for other photo.)
Within the area you can see little cages that have been put over the nesting Piping Plovers so that a predator cannot reach the eggs or the chicks. The birds can easily get in and out.
We are so lucky that these precious little Piping Plovers come back every year to nest on Coast Guard Beach!
