I am hard at work on the redesign for the website- within the next week or so, the new site should be up. And what a change! The new site will be MUCH more navigable and nearly twice as large, with new articles. It also looks much, much better!

Breeding season is winding down- the last baby of 2007 was banded on April 30th. The flight is full of singing babies and the adult birds are due for a much needed vacation. I too will be happy to see the end of the breeding season as the gardening season has begun! As my garden is better than 50% the size of my yard, that takes several hours a day to keep up- but any time one can spend in the warm sunshine outdoors is a joy after being cooped up in the house during a long, cold Michigan winter!

When the garden is growing well, I will begin harvesting fresh herbs such as mint, lemon balm, and oregano from my garden for the birds. They love it! They also receive a fresh strawberry or raspberry still warm from the garden once in a while. The red color does throw them off for a bit, but as soon as the first brave soul tries the treat they all decide they would like a bite! Later in the summer the cucumber and zucchini come in and they enjoy that, too.