This week’s post focuses on some of our local birds that often reproduce a bit later in the year. The post takes a left turn when I start comparing their diets. I end up recommending a book by a pair of local Union Bay authors who help answer a question that is often on my mind. How can we promote harmony with nature?
I hope you enjoy the post!
Have a great day on Union Bay…where nature blooms whenever it pleases!
Larry
Sharon Sawhill says
Enjoyed your story & pictures of the gold finches. We have gold finches here in Yakima Co. next to the L. T. Murray Wildlife Refuge which come back every year to the little white birdhouse attached to our garden shed. I didn’t realize they were raising many broods though I thought it strange they were always raising babies! We have no hornbeam trees that I know of but they feed continuously. Thought I saw them feeding the babies bugs. You teach me about birds every time I read your Union Bay Watch! Sharon
Larry says
Sharon,
Thank you! It must be great to live next to a wildlife refuge and get to watch the goldfinch every year in your garden. Living near the Arboretum in Seattle is also enjoyable and makes for some interesting food sources for our local birds, like Japanese Hornbeam for the American Goldfinch and Spanish Fir trees for our local Sapsuckers. Nature finds a way.
Larry