Wildlife in your Garden

[Tim's tourettes]

I'm in South East Wisconsin. South of Milwaukee and about 10 minutes from Lake Michigan. Nice to be near Chicago and Milwaukee when you want to fly, or see a concert, but also nice to be far enough away that population density is lower.

Wow. How does a Huyton lad (I'm guessing from your user name!) End up out that way?!

 

[Huyton Layne]

Wow. How does a Huyton lad (I'm guessing from your user name!) End up out that way?!

Pure luck. Met and married a girl from these parts. Had two options when she was done with Uni: She moves to Huyton and we live in my dad's using my grill chef wage, or I move to here and live in her Grandparents place while she's working in regulatory for a major company.
It wasn't a hard choice

 

[dublinbluenose]

Mr Fox put in an appearance today in beautiful winter sunshine

 

[Marius57]

Busy morning at the bird feeder. (Sometimes we go a week with nothing coming to it, and then in one day it completely empties).

Tits - coal, great, blue.
Robin
Pair of nuthatches
Woodpigeon
Collard dove
2 squirrels (grey).
Blackbird (that really confused me as it was male but had a black beak but means its still young).

 

[Marius57]

Absolutely buzzing. First time seeing a goldcrest. I have a list of must see birds and this was one, and even better, it was in my garden.

Incredibly hard to get clear and in focus photos. But got enough to id it.

 

[COYBL25]

View attachment 337862Absolutely buzzing. First time seeing a goldcrest. I have a list of must see birds and this was one, and even better, it was in my garden.

Incredibly hard to get clear and in focus photos. But got enough to id it.

I was running across Allerton Golf course last Winter and one dropped down out of the trees in front of me, to drink from a puddle, couldn`t believe how small it was !

When I was a youngster, I found a Goldcrest nest, hanging like a basket from a branch, midway up a Spruce tree.

Again it was tiny, like a little cup full of tiny eggs !