A female Wood Duck wandered into our back yard this morning.  She perched on the roof of a blue bird nest box and looked comically out-of-place!  When her male partner flew over, she left the nest box roof to join him.   They landed in a nearby flooded field.  We're hoping they will nest again this year in a Wood Duck box along our wetland pond.

Our Purple Martin colony is slowly returning.  An adult male scout was seen around 7:00 pm yesterday.  Today we are seeing 4 martins.  So nice to hear their cheerful greetings!

Lois and Vic Harder
NW Ohio
Ottawa County
Oak Harbor


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