Pictured: Oregon Crabapples in the woods on Saturday.
| This past week was one for the birds! As they are starting to gather for migration or passing through as they migrate from other areas, we have been spotting them. Weather also moved through this week leaving a lot of rain. It was fantastic! Nights are cooling off and it really is the autumn season. Enjoy! Amy | Table of Contents: ~ Spying on Wildlife: Trail-cam Videos! ~ The Birds: Discovering with the Merlin App ~ Woods Walks: Hidden Finds & Plants ~ The Blog: Upcoming Editions |
Spying on Wildlife: Trail-cam Videos!
I put all the trail-cam shots together in one video. This one has the Beaver (and a friend off camera), Great Blue Heron and a Green Heron!
The Birds: Discovering with the Merlin App
The coolest thing happened Saturday on our woods walk! As we were heading out we saw 5-6 Common Ravens chasing something in the trees ahead of us. We stood and watched and I noticed something NOT black was in front of them and it was BIG. I asked Shane, “could that be an owl?” Sure enough it was! He even managed to get a picture of it so we could get a positive ID on the Merlin app! Became a Merlin Life Bird for both of us!
I managed to also claim a Wilson’s Warbler and a Northern Yellow Warbler Saturday. Wednesday I claimed a Cooper’s Hawk as it was flying low over the house looking at our young chicks in the yard! Sunday I was out watering my sheep when I heard a bird sound I didn’t recognize! Got my Merlin App out and it turned out to be a Purple Martin! I saw them up high in the sparse top of a fir tree in the pasture. Shane grabbed his binoculars and we confirmed that was what we saw and noticed a bunch flying around way up high. I don’t think I’ve ever seen those around here before. At least not that I was aware of anyway.
Yet another feather, probably from a Great Horned Owl. I took a picture and left it where I found it at the liminal transition of the pasture and the woods.
Woods Walks: Hidden Finds & Plants
Found a non “pioneer apple” down in the woods. The Oregon Crabapple (Malus fusca). These apples are tiny! Look how red the Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) berries are getting too. The domestic Honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum spp.) are also covered in bright red berries.
The Blog: Upcoming Editions
We’ll see you next week on September 14th for the next Hedge & Hollow blog post, where we see what else is changing in the woods!
Be on the lookout mid-autumn (when the heavy acorn drop happens) for our seasonal Hair Sheep, Hens & Harvest blog post, where we talk about how sheep breeding season went and what planting/harvesting you can expect!
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