Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Need Help Building a Butterfly Education & Exploration Site, 4 by SingingWolf

SingingWolf wrote:
I took a lot of photos the other day, and here are some more of them.

1. This is a photo of my current favorite sitting place. I found this broken angel after a friend had a yard sale out here. Since the angel was abandoned I gave it a new home. I wish I knew how to fix it's wing. Sigh. Still I really like it here. :-)
2. This is what I call my tree bench, and we are looking towards Sweetwater Creek (dry). The creek will also be a boundary for the b.fly site.
3. You know I really like this spot. Behind the angel, you can see the Root Oak to the upper left of the photo. The troll bridge is right under the snag (dead tree, well almost dead). To the upper right, you can see the edge of Grandmother Oak. DH thinks that once I trim off the dead limbs on this elderberry, that the bench seat won't be stable any more. I can't wait to find out who is right. I do want to keep my tree bench though.
4. Under the elderberry we also have this 3+ foot tall packrat nest. I just don't want to evict the poor guy. I will eventually, but for now I'm just enjoying this example of how ingenious they can be. Most people have never seen a packrat nest. Most are messier than this one. It's one of several here on the farm so I don't feel too bad about eventually relocating the rodent.
5. Wild tobacco. At least that is one kind. I think they call that kind nicotiana, but I also have the bush kind with yellow flowers. I get a kick out of watching the hummers defending their wild tobacco. I have several colonies? of hummers here on the farm. I'm glad to hear that my renter had some hummer babies over at their place too. :-) Hummers are happy. So are the many other birds that live here.

Say, Dee, you'll want to know, DH saw a family with baby quail down in the creek a couple of days ago. :-) Not like your batch, but still considering how dry it's been it's good to know that we still have some. Yours are spoiled, you've created a great habitat for them. :-)

I still have more photos to post. I had a good photo safari on Saturday.

WIB~
SW