I saw this yellow bird with a black throat and mask at our feeder the other day and said, “What kind of bird is that?” It was beautiful and one that I had never seen before. In doing some research, it is an immature male Orchard Oriole.
Have you ever seen an immature male Baltimore Oriole? Very cool… it even has a bit of jelly in its beak.
Mouse-ear Chickweed is a wildflower with tiny, white 1/2″ flowers. These flowers have 5 deeply notched petals and 5 prominent sepals. The 6-12″ plants grow from May through September so you should be able to see them this summer. I saw many of them along the trails at Fort Hill.
It is often called the “common weed of gardens, roadsides and lawns.”
Have you ever seen a Mouse-ear Chickweed? Pretty, don’t you think?
We saw quite a few Least Terns on Coast Guard Beach the other day. They are New England’s smallest tern at 9.” They nest in small colonies and make their nests in the sand by scraping it. (Click link for another photograph.)
Beautiful bird, don’t you think? Love the food in his bill! Have you ever seen a Least Tern?
