Birdfeeding

[ysabetwordsmith]

Today is partly sunny and mild, a beautiful summer day. :D

We went out and walked along the lake earlier. Very pretty.

I fed the birds. I've seen a large flock of house finches, a lady cardinal, and a mourning dove.

I put out water for the birds and watered a few plants.

EDIT 8/8/24 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

Fireflies are coming out. Cicadas are singing.

EDIT 8/8/24 -- I watered the patio plants, picnic table, septic garden, telephone pole garden, and grass patch.

Crickets are singing.

As it is now dark, I am done for the night.

Comments

[enchanted_jae]

I'm finally hearing cicadas around here, but we certainly did not get the major infestation that many places got.

Well ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

The periodic cicadas hatch in spring. We got them here. They were very interesting to watch.

What we have now are annual cicadas, like dog-day cicadas, that hatch in mid-to-late summer and are active through early fall. As the days cool, they die off.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/environment/cicada-watch-2024/2024/08/09/17-year-cicadas-annual-dog-day-how-to-tell-them-apart