A Happy Ending?

As stated, I took the rat cave down today. Tentatively and trepidatiously I removed brick by brick until finally there was nothing left but the perimeter walls: With the able assistance of Susan shining  a flashlight onto the spot where I had deposited them last Friday I’m happy to report that it appears the mother …

The End Of The Rat Cave Is At Hand

After attentive review of last night’s archived video it has been determined to the best of my ability and based on the evidence accumulated over the past week that there ain’t nothing going on in there. Thus I am declaring the property condemned and am preparing for demolition. I’ll report back whatever I find inside.

To The Rat Cave!

If you saw last Friday’s post regarding the backyard discovery of the six baby rats, I’m figuring it’s high time four days later to follow up with a status report. Did my efforts to rebuild their home and return the infant rodents to it hopefully entice momma rat to come back and continue raising them? …

Empty Nest Syndrome

And just like that, at 1:55 p.m., the nest is empty, or not quite. I went outside to look in hopes the younger of the two chicks had done what it’s older sibling had MOnday in venturing to a nearby branch for some pre-flight stuff. I gave the nest’s immediate vicinity a good look-around and …

Next Nest

Yesterday while out back longing for one last look at the first hummingbird chick that flew the coop late in the afternoon, a tiny flurry of activity near the back of the yard got my attention and sure enough there’s a near foot-long bushtit nest veritably buried and well camoflagued in the boughs of the …