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Big excitement at Little Piney this week! \u00a0No Vacancy in the nest boxes! \u00a0It’s a full house at Little Piney for the bluebirds and chickadees.<\/h2>\n

When I made my rounds this week, I discovered 7 nests–3 with bluebird eggs, 3 with chickadee eggs, one box with a completed nest just waiting for eggs, and one unfinished mystery nest!<\/p>\n

The chickadee eggs are pale and speckled, and the blue birds lay tiny blue eggs up to six in a nest.<\/p>\n

Sometimes I see little Mama-bird heads peeking out!<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Wildflowers in bloom<\/h3>\n

The wildflowers are also in full bloom at Little Piney, blue, pink and yellow popping up across the fresh green fields and snow whited dewberry blossoms rambling across carpets of pine needles.<\/p>\n

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Pollinators<\/h3>\n

And with the wildflowers come winged pollinators of all kinds–
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Great blue heron<\/h3>\n

It’s our first spring at Little Piney, and every day is a new discovery. This is what the wildlife camera snapped for us down at the lake, a great blue heron who visits often but usually won’t pose for a picture. \u00a0The night creatures were raccoons and one young deer.<\/p>\n

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