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I opened my Blue Blue Nesting Box this past week to see if any Blue Birds were nesting. And I saw this, which is not a Blue Bird nest. This is a Black-Capped Chickadee nest! I was very pleased to see a pair of Chick-a-dee's make use of the space! Every bird has their own unique style of nesting building. Blue Birds, here in Northwest Florida, primarily use long pine needles, they wind round and round in the bottom of the box. Chickadee's like BIG stack of green moss bits topped with something soft for the eggs to rest in. They have a preference for shed pet fur, if they can find it.  Bird nests are amazing architectural art!  (If you brush you doggie in spring, empty the brush outside and leave for your bird friends to use for nesting!)   Next, a nice shot of sunlit Bridal Veil flowers!  (Shrub is called Spirea)

I finally got that block project done and planted!  Remember, my goal was to replace grass that wasn't thriving with something I don't have to mow. Hopefully, it will make a nice picture later in summer. Chickadee Nest! We have Carolina Chickadees here, which look very similar to the Black Capped, just smaller in size. This is what a typical Chickadee nest looks like: lots of moss topped with fine hair and grasses filling the cavity 3/4 full! Pretty amazing! They raised a brood earlier in March, so I was emptying the house. Indigo Buntings I called Hubby to the door to peer out at this rare sight: a pair of Indigo Buntings and their fledging picking up seed off the ground under the feeder and in the feeder! There was a male (pictured) and a female and a fledgling with them. Indigo Buntings are a deeper blue then Bluebirds and all blue. They're very common throughout the Eastern United States, but they tend to prefer brush-covered fences al...