6-27-22 VERMONT: It finally rained last night and this morning. We got 0.6 inches, we need more, but it’s a start. The weekend was very hot, but not too humid. Today is very humid and still overcast. I haven’t done much these last few days—either too hot or too wet.
Before that, I did some pruning and watering. I saw the small turtle again as well as a big one. The Baltimore oriole has been around, so I put out the oriole feeder, maybe they will be interested this year. A hairy woodpecker and a rose-breasted grosbeak have been at the feeders along with the usual customers.
New blooms: daylily, lychnis, red spirea, fever few, filipendula.
Daylilies usually open on July 1, but this year 6/23/22, a week early.
These are my favorite peonies. They're singles, and they're the last to open.
The roses continue to dazzle.
Nice sky last night at sunset.
A nuthatch making off with a sunflower seed.
A rose-breasted grosbeak, notice the red under the wings.
This is a female hairy woodpecker. She is almost a dead-ringer for the downy woodpecker that I showed earlier in posts from NJ. This one is much bigger and has a more substancial beak. The males of both species have red caps.
Baltimore oriole, male, in the dawn redwood tree. He was following a fledgling.
Baltimore oriole again, carrying food for the kids. This is on the other side of the yard.
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