It’s May and, as always in this month, there’s a lot going on.  Pollinators are busy and some species of birds are raising a second brood.  We’ve seen a few Hummingbirds, but they are still infrequent visitors to our blooms.

The neighbor across the street reports that the resident box turtle was seen hiking up their driveway.  And one of the most interesting reports came from a neighbor on West Paces Ferry who sent us a photo taken in her yard of a Groundhog (aka Woodchuck or Whistlepig).  She contacted Georgia DNR who confirmed it as a Groundhog saying that while it’s unusual for them to be this far south in Georgia, it’s not unheard of.

Native Bee on Agastache

Juvenile American Robin – Turdus migratorius

Native Bee on Beardtongue (Penstemon)

Brown Thrasher – Toxostoma rufum

Butterfly Weed (Milkweed)

Carolina Chickadee – Poecile carolinensis

Chipmunk

Eastern BLuebird – Sialia sialis

Eastern Gray Squirrel crossing the street

Gray Catbird – Dumetella carolinensis

House Finch – Haemorhous mexicanus

Native Bee on Spotted Cranesbill (Native Geranium)

Northern Cardinal – Cardinalis cardinali

Purple Milkweed

Summer Tanager – Piranga rubra Providence Canyon State Park

Native Bee on White Clover Inter-seeded in lawn

Groundhog aka Woodchuck aka Whistlepig