EASTERN PHOEBE, Sayornis phoebe - just outside the north window
Named after it's repeated call "feebee", over and over, this graceful flycatcher uses it's tail like a ballerina, bouncing up and down. An aerial acrobat, our cheery neighbor diets on mosquitos, endearing her to all. The first American bird ever banded by John James Audubon, per L Erickson's, "For The Birds" (for her link, click on Phoebe above), Pfeifer-Hamilton Books, Duluth, MN.
 

Construction waits for fledgling Phoebes !
~ ~ ~ ~ Sitting VERY still for their photo ~ ~ ~ ~
 

EARLY SPRING '99 - OUR FIRST REFORESTATION PROJECT !
Filbert planting one of nearly 500 ! white pine seedlings. Hazel planted nearly , ah , 25 I think....
 

THE PINE CANDLES ARE LOOKING VERY TALL BY MID-JUNE, 1999 ! Hazel says she planted this one !