Starlings – Mons Domus

Rehumaning

June 13, 2021June 20, 2021 BlakeAnimals, Birds, Garden, Nature, Ramble, Solitude, Starlings, Wildlife, Wildlife Rehab

Yup. After about a week of being eaten alive by bugs; shredded and impaled by raspberries, blackberries, gooseberries, Devil’s walking stick, locusts, and greenbriar; endured thousands of demands from hungry […]

A busy busy spring

May 28, 2021May 28, 2021 BlakeAnimals, Birds, Nature, Property and Structures, Starlings, Wildlife Rehab

I took on too much. I foster baby wild birds and release them back into the wild each spring. This is the fourth year. The first year, I had 6 […]

Chickadee

February 2, 2021February 2, 2021 BlakeBirds, Nature, Starlings, Wildlife

We did actually get a good bit of snow over the past 48 hours, hard to say how much total because it is fluffy and considerable drifting has piled it […]

Snow Day Prep, and Latin with the Starlings

January 31, 2021February 2, 2021 BlakeAnimals, Birds, Latin, Projects, Starlings, Wildlife Rehab

There was much to do this past Fall. I was getting the main structure ready for occupancy inspection and had to shore up the 250′ fence, in addition to the […]

Loneliness Prevention Plan, kind of.

December 1, 2020February 2, 2021 BlakeAnimals, Birds, Dogs, Filters, Starlings

Solitude can be peaceful, productive, and empowering, but there’s little to gain from loneliness, and much to lose. Loneliness erodes confidence, self worth and can lead one to compromise in […]