In our garden we grow raspberries and blueberries and when I went out to pick earlier this week I saw a Yellow Warbler flying away from one of the blueberry bushes. Naturally, I didn’t have my camera with me so I trekked back to the house and retrieved it and upon returning, it was still there. I didn’t know a lot about Warblers other than there’s quite a few different species. Research found that there’s 54 species of Warblers in North America. I looked up some facts and the Yellow Warbler is the most common species in the US. They are small songbirds with relatively proportionate bodies with medium length tails and rounded heads. They are only 4.5 – 5″in height and weigh 9-11 grams. I’m finding that there’s a lot of birds that are monogamous, which the Yellow Warbler is as well. They raise 1-2 broods a summer and lay clutches from 1-7 eggs. Their primary diet is insects so I find it interesting that it was munching on my blueberries. I had seen one earlier this spring on my fountain cherry tree but wasn’t able to get a picture so I’m happy I stumbled upon this one.
Judging by the picture, I believe this is a male but I’m not super confident. I’m seeing pictures of males with more of the prominent chestnut stripes on its breast but this one definitely has some striping.
While in the garden picking berries, I noticed this young Cottontail rabbit sitting on the porch of my chicken coop. Please forgive the chicken droppings in the picture but if you know much about chickens, you know all they do is poop!
Lastly, this Robin was enjoying eating blueberries as well. I’m ready to be done picking blueberries so I guess it’s time to let the chickens and birds have free reign once again.
