H.J. Ruiz – Avian101

Golden Opportunity

The Spring’s breeding time is in full force, couples of birds are obvious in their hormonal activity. The air is full of love…and pollen!

There’s a Swallow trying to get in my open window!  Most likely to be a Rough-winged Swallow. A few years ago I had a nest of these swallows in my dryer’s vent, they had pulled a veneer of it and built a nest in it, we actually didn’t know this until we had problems with the dryer because when the vent is clogged the hot air backs up and the machine has a device to automatically shuts off the when temperature reaches certain limit. The device has to be replaced every time it trips.  We finally solved the problem. However, I never got a picture of them!

Among my visitors, I have had the pleasure to have a group of American Goldfinches, flitting around the backyard and partaking meals with the rest of local birds.

I also should mention that we are enjoying admiring our flowers, our grass lawns are getting  green and trees are almost filled with new leaves.

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