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Tag: Barn Swallows

Update: Growing Baby Mockingbirds

26 June 2019 ~ Carrie ~ 2 Comments
Look at all those feathers – now, they really do look like Mockingbirds!

Can you even believe that these are the same baby birds? I know that one day very soon, the nest will be empty because they will have fledged. We wish them the best in their journeys and hope they’ll come back to build their own nests next year.

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Around The Farm: Baby Mockingbirds Update

21 June 2019 ~ Carrie

As we moved the pigs to new pasture today, I had a chance to get a look at the Northern Mockingbird nest, hidden in a tangle of greenery on the fenceline. Can you believe how much they’ve grown?

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Haiku: Summer Barn Swallows

28 February 2019 ~ Carrie

We’re lucky to have many wild bird visitors here, including cardinals, blue jays, finches, doves, indigo buntings, kestrels, and hummingbirds. Last summer, barn swallows built a nest in the barn’s rafters and hatched babies.

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Around The Farm: Fog, Fledglings, and Flowers

1 July 2018 ~ Carrie

It was a misty morning, with humidity so thick that you could actually see it in the low-hanging fog. The grass was soaking wet with dew – and because of the high humidity, so were we…but there were chores to be done, and many interesting things to be seen!

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