Saturday morning on Queen's Creek. Another walk with the Williamsburg Bird Club, led today by Bill Williams. We walked from the parking lot to the floating dock and saw bluebirds, cow birds, grackles, cardinals, towhees, wrens, titmice, chickadees, goldfinches, robins, and more. On the creek, there were osprey, great blue herons, white egrets, red-winged blackbirds, red-shouldered hawks, laughing gulls ... We walked through the woods and into the brushy area where there were plenty of warblers, gnatcatchers, woodpeckers. A very birdy day.
Next stop: the annual Virginia Native Plant Society sale. I bought swamp milkweed, butterfly weed, jewelweed, bee balm, foam flowers. All but the bee balm were purchased because they are suitable for my very shady yard, which is a flower and vegetable garden with a rain garden on the side. At home again, I got them all in the ground just in time for the rain. The bee balm was planted in a spot where it will get about 5 hours of sun a day. Keep your fingers crossed.
Did I mention that I stopped by the Williamsburg Farmers Market? Ah, yes. A little bee pollen for extra energy ... and amaretto-almond honey butter just for fun.
Tonight? A book and a glass of wine. Saturdays are splendid.
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