Update on the garden front

This morning I had a nice walk across the nearby campground. 

I was all by myself. So peaceful.

Soon they will open for the season and this opportunity will be gone until Fall. 

I was giving Dixie her walk and watching birds at the same time. 

Because of the chill in the air the birds were not very active.

Just a few Yellow-rumped Warblers were chasing bugs in the air. 

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Back at home I decided to do some work in my garden, 

because it seemed to not getting anywhere. 

It also grew in size and I will now be able to grow potatoes in the back.

I finally got the fence around and the rose arbor up. 

(by the way: this is not our house, no-one is living there)

And I added another small bed, for my perennial herbs

Then I planned my square-foot garden bed.

I started this way of gardening several years ago and I like it.

Growing something different in each square.

At the end of the day I got the first seeds into the ground. 

Hopefully there will be some green to show in a few weeks from now. 

And -

not to forget - the hummingbirds are back! 

The first male one arrived on May 5th at my feeder and 

a few days later I saw the first female.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Summer is near, even if the temperatures are still on the cool side.

On the other side: there are no nasty black flies around yet!

Translation

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Nach einem entspannenden Spaziergang quer über den nahegelegenen Campingplatz habe ich mich endlich an meinen neu geplanten Garten gemacht. Er ist etwas größer ausgefallen als ursprünglich gedacht, aber nun kann ich noch Kartoffel anbauen.

Der Zaun ist endlich aufgestellt und auch der Rosenbogen. Ein Beet für die Kräuter ist auch dazu gekommen. Am Ende des Nachmittags habe ich dann endlich die ersten Samen in die Erde gelegt. 

In ein paar Wochen wird es hoffentlich etwas grüner aussehen.

Die ersten Kolibris sind auch schon angekommen. 

Es wird langsam Sommer. Die kalten Tage haben allerdings einen Vorteil:

Man wird noch nicht von Mücken und Fliegen geplagt!
Photos: Kronwaldsänger, Kolibri

Birds, Butterflies and Snakes

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 of all: 

Thank you all for your kind birthday wishes! 

I was overwhelmed. How different it is when one is connected to the world via internet. Word gets around. 

On top of the whole Peter baked this outstanding cake.

The Cake!

Appreciated it all greatly! Thank you again. 

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The girls were out for a hike again. 

One of the lasts ones before everyone has to go back 

to their summer jobs.

We scoured the island from the eastern most point to the southern part.

It is such a pleasure as one of my friends has been able to get hold of a small telescope. 

Checking for seabirds on Cranberry Point

It makes it much easier to identify the birds that can be seen as dots 

way out on the water.

The weather is still cool and not many migrating birds have arrived here but there are a few.

Yellow-rumped Warbler

It is a hard time for my mere 200 mm lens 

to get a close enough photo, but I manage somewhat 

with the help of digital cropping.

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Belted Kingfisher

Red-breasted Merganser, female 

Red-breasted Nuthatch building a nesting hole.

The warm sunshine had produced the first butterflies.

Variegated Fritillary on willow tree

An early garter snake is enjoying the sunshine too. 

We patted her and she didn't even move.

Snapping a photo of the garter snake

The final spot one of my favourites. A look over part of 

Passamaquoddy Bay

My birder friends

My favourite view point