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We have lots of baby birds! I’m sure that there are even more that I don’t know about considering how wild some areas of our property are.

We have the hideously cute baby robins…

And the nuthatches (I think) that Meg won’t leave alone…

And here is my attempt to keep Meg from killing the birds and/or the tree…

This is Meg’s tree. She likes it a lot. It’s always been her favorite resting-in-the-shade spot, but lately it’s REALLY her favorite.

I assumed maybe she’d chased something up the tree at some point that she was still looking for, but today I decided to investigate and found this hollow in the tree. When I peered in, something peered back out at me. I tried to get her picture but she was gone by the time I got back with the camera.

I think maybe it’s a nuthatch, but I’m not sure. I also think that the speckles on the eggs are actually crud that Meg has knocked onto the nest trying to get at it. I’ll have to do an internet investigation later.

ETA: I don’t think it is a red breasted nuthatch, but this website seems to support the possibility of a nuthatch. Apparently they build their nests in hollowed out trees and have white eggs with reddish speckles. I guess maybe that isn’t crud that Meg knocked down onto the eggs.

Last night Jack met the local wildlife. When I took him out for his “quick pee” walk he took off down the hill and met up with a skunk. I knew by the time I was within fifty feet of him that he’d been sprayed. The odor removal trick that worked for us was a lot of dish soap (the skunk spray is an oil and the dishwashing liquid cuts oils) and a vinegar and water rinse (I read that Massengill is a popular method for getting rid of the odor and I figured vinegar and water is the same thing, cheaper and happened to be available). I would have taken pictures but he was so pathetic I didn’t want to add insult to injury.