Officially Certified Wildlife Habitat!

We rec'd our certificate last week, but the yard sign has yet to arrive.
Our yard is now officially certified as a NWF Wildlife Habitat! And yesterday I discovered some *NEW* wildlife in my new shady perennial garden:

BABY BUNNIES!

We've seen wild rabbits in the backyard and on the hill often, but since planting in the rockwall garden last month, I've been observing one rabbit almost daily, hopping in and out of the garden; last evening I discovered why!
Since the rock wall is filled w/compost along with the hay and droppings from under our rabbit hutches, it must have "smelled like home" to her and she decided to make a burrow and have her babies in it!

How cool! We really do have a Backyard Wildlife Habitat now!

A few weeks ago I took this photo of a nest with just one egg in it and now it appears to have been abandoned. Last year there was a nest in a neighboring bush which had better results!

Backyard wildlife ...

In addition to the baby birds
I've already told you about, here's a photo of a dragonfly I took this afternoon.
This one shows Tori holding 3 salamanders that Emma caught in her yard, right next door, a few weeks ago.

Baby Birds are getting big ...

Look how they've grown since last week!

Baby Birds!

Last weekend, when I was taking pictures of flowers, I discovered this nest in the bush next to the Rhododendron -- actually it was when I snapped the pic of the rhododendron, a robin came flying out of the neighboring bush, and that's when I saw the nest ...
On closer inspection, here's what was inside:
2 shiny turquoise-colored eggs!

And what did we find THIS weekend??


2 brand-new baby birds!!


They are SOOOO Cute!!!