June's journeys

The beginning of June brings the turtles out to lay eggs.

Eric's b-day and Girls Deck/Penny Poker day began the month too!

Nancy, Rose and our wonderful dealer Anne

Eddie was the big winner!

Carol and I were concentrating very hard on the complicated game..

June also brings the moths out

Red Winged Blackbird nest

June 8:  we went up north towards Ashland near Lake Superior to look for a few life birds.  We found one we were not expecting and none of the ones we were hoping to find..  oh well... next time.

June 10:  finally got the inflatable Kayak out in the water.. It was very stable and very easy to maneuver even into the wind.

We have triplets! Woodchucks...

June 11:  Kathy headed to Cleveland to meet the Bridgeview Girls for our week of fun.

There was 10 of us.  We had a wonderful time visiting, eating, drinking and site seeing.  We spent one day at Put-In -Bay and another at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.  Too much fun, not enough sleep.

When I got home from Cleveland on Friday, we stayed in the cities overnight as we had two High School Graduations to attend.  Of course we found some great birding spot and managed to get two new birds!!  We really don't get to see our friends often, so it is always a treat to spend time with them.

Flowers are blooming, baby animals: deer, sandhill crane, woodchucks all make our yard their place to roam.  Wild strawberries and raspberries are ready to eat.  Our veggie garden is doing ok,  some are great others are just ok.  We will see what the fall harvest brings.  We had a bad storm, high winds that knocked down a few large fir trees, no other damage.

 Northern Flicker chick

Wild Strawberries

Bird count for June:  545 life birds!  that is up 3 from last month!!  273 year birds, up 5 from last month and 105 month birds.  We also have 24 confirmed breeding birds in our block..