SINGING OUT THE MONTH OF MAY

"Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps  

a singing bird will come."

Chinese Proverb

These 26 birds sang at the Gatehouse woodland garden on 31 May 2022.

American Robin, Black-headed Grosbeak, Cedar Waxwing, 

Wilson's Warbler, Bewick's Wren, Spotted Towhee, Pine Siskin, 

Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Hairy Woodpecker, Swainson's Thrush, White-crowned Sparrow, Orange-crowned Warbler, Warbling Vireo, Song Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Purple Finch, Cassin's Vireo, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Red-breasted Nuthatch, American Kestrel, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Brown-headed Cowbird, Stellar's Jay, Western Tanager, Rufous Hummingbird, 

and the Common Yellowthroat. 

Native Crabapple 
(Malus fusca) 
A sweet specimen for pollinators
and people in early spring; 
Photographed on Shaw Island,
San Juan Archipelago, WA.
Two thousand and twenty-two.

 

NATIVE CRABAPPLE
(Malus fusca)
One tree in an unmolested row of 
native Crabapples 
going dormant, but laden 
 with ripened fruit for the bird's
 winter pantry.
Click the photo to enlarge.
Shaw Island fall of 2021.

MAHONIA X 'CHARITY' 
blooming in the winter in the
Gatehouse woodland garden
with nectar for pollinators and 
hungry Anna's hummingbirds
who now stay on Shaw Island, WA,
through the winter. 
 

Magnolia grandiflora "Kay Pariss"
Non-native growing on Shaw Island, WA.
Please think about planting for the pollinators.