Our Japanese Lilac… we’d had this tree for 5 or 6 years before it bloomed; and when it finally did bloom, we had to really dig deep into the memory banks to remember what it was. Once it started blooming, though, wow! And 2021 was incredible year for it! …
The Maydays in 2021 were chock-a-block full of berries — so many more than we’ve ever had before! So, that sent me to look them up and learn a bit more about them. A Mayday Tree is also known as Bird Cherry, Hackberry and Hagberry. I’ve been around them all my life and never knew those names!
I might not have known about all the cherries/berries on Maydays, but the birds sure knew!!! We had lots and lots of birds in the Maydays in August! Here are some of the young robins enjoying them and hanging around near them …
Robins have a bit of a “game scent” to them, and our bird dogs pick up that scent. Aengus was having a grand ol’ time “working” the robins! …
I didn’t plant any sunflower seeds this year, so where did this one come from? Why, the birds! The birds are a bit messy at the feeders at the front of the house, and they “plant” the sunflowers for me! š
