Time Marches On

Comparing these pics from those in the earlier post, you can easily see how far the molt has continued. The Goldfinch are wasting NO time in getting ready for their nesting season - though they nest quite a bit later than our other common backyard birds.

I was THRILLED to find 2 Morel Mushrooms in the woods today! If anyone has any hints on either finding more, or encouraging a larger patch to develop, PLEASE let me know. I would really enjoy being able to harvest enough off of our land to be able to make a yummy Morel Sauce for Pasta! Here is a pic of one of the little beauties:

Wikipedia lists: "Dryland Fish", "Merkels", "Molly Moocher" and "Hickory Chickens" as the common names for this fungi. Don't you just LOVE common names!?!

Lots Going On

This is the time of year when there is just lots going on. I have many things that I could post about; but, I also know that there will come a time when much will be the same as the day before. This causes me to consider "saving up" fodder for blogging, but then we will lose the timeliness of the posts. I will have to try to balance this out... [blog and learn]...


Yesterday the finches did not care that the weather was pretty foul ~~ LOL! They were out there letting us know that it was going to rain all day. (When birds eat consistantly through the rain, that lets us know the rain will last on and on. If it is raining, and there are no birds eating, they are predicting that the rain will let up later on, with enough day light hours to fill their bellies for night.) I was happy and surprised by how quickly some of the Goldfinch were molting into their breeding plumage. Here in middle Tennessee, we have the American Goldfinch all year long - just wearing different plumage in different seasons.

Today we will be continuing on to the Nashville store for the Bluebird Seminar. Hopefully, this one will go as well as yesterday's two.