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Our very late nesting Tree Swallows got the last for their young airborne yesterday afternoon and last evening. It is the first time I have seen two chicks fly, then three more a week later. There is a family of 3 fresh catbirds and a Blue Jay and possibly a baby Robin too. I think Momma Catbird is running a foster home behind the woodpile. It is so much fun to watch. All feathered moms are shoving food into any open mouth not caring about species. If it is hungry and hollaring it gets fed! I could hear a disturbance in the yard a couple days ago so went to investigate. I watched a Catbird, (making every call of every bird it had ever heard plus a few engine like noises as well as it swooped down and snagged the cat's tail! ) a Robin and a song Sparrow both flying at the poor animal's face and succeeding to put terror into the heart of one of the neighbourhood cats! A fine sight it was too! beats squirting it with soapy water! I heard my first Cicada about 2 pm Aug. 1st.. White Point, Queens. We are beginning to see Monarchs now as well as the odd Painted Lady and a Red Admiral or two. Sulphurs and Cabbage butterflies are about more as well. At Western Head yesterday I saw a Black Swallowtail, the first in many years. Sadly someone has mowed the flowering plants there so if the Monarchs and other butterflies come, likely there will be nothing for them. I have a wee stand of the good plants in my yard that I hope will spread over the next few years. On a great note. I have been putting off mowing and weed whacking as our yard is loaded with bees. All kinds and sizes. Many more than I have seen in years! sadly it will have to be mowed soon as neighbours don't understand how important the bees are. Better neighbours I couldn't find so I hate to upset them. It should recover and bring forth fresh blooms in not too long a time. Best regards, Marg Millard White Point, Queens ........................................... It occurred to me the other day that I hadn't heard a Cicada at all this July. I haven't been out much, but in other years I have heard them in my own backyard, so that shouldn't matter. I can't remember for sure if I heard any in late June when it was so hot. Are others hearing Cicadas ? For the last week or so, I have been hearing crickets at night in Bedford. Always a sound that signals the advance of summer, in my mind. Cheers, Patricia L. Chalmers Halifax
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