Is It Safe To Go Out Yet?

"Is it safe to leave my shelter now?"

"WHO" the screech owl asked, "said that it is?"

"Hmm" they're not infectious disease experts...

"I think I will wait a little while longer" thought the screech owl.

And the wise old barred owl agreed...

Seriously, dear readers, nature does not follow a schedule because it is convenient to us humans. Ugly as it is, the Corona virus is a part of nature and we all need to be patient until the SCIENTISTS tell us it is safe.

Since I am starting this blog post mentioning the ugly side of nature, here is another ugly side that we can do something about. In one of my favorite areas to view birds and widlife there lurks a number of free-roaming cats...

They are so numerous that they have created trails through the dense thickets that should be for wildlife habitat...

I hate to think about the toll these cats take on birds and small animals...

Blue birds are actively building nests...

and choosing mates for the breeding season...

Blue-gray gnatcatchers have arrived...

As well as Baltimore orioles...

The woods have an abundance of ruby-crowned kinglets...

Our resident pileated woodpeckers have chosen nesting sites...

This red-bellied woodpecker had a mate nearby...

as did these female red-winged blackbirds...

I am hoping to locate more great-crested flycatchers...

These Carolina wrens seemed to be bickering over a nest site location...

Robins are already on their nests...

My next blog post will include more wildlife...

and warblers...

Until we muddle through this pandemic, be calm and let nature take its course like this stone buddha in my neighbor's yard...

Thanks for visiting, be well, and come back soon.