(Disclaimer: These images are not mine, found on the wonderful Cornell Lab Macaulay Library site )
An upside of a ground floor Apartment with a large double window (open yesterday with 76 degree temp), is viewing the entertainment provided by a big, wildlife hosting Viburnum next to my modest patio. Underneath it today, was a Male Eastern Towhee rummaging in the mulch. The Viburnum and it’s companion row of Clarissa Holly are also on the local Grey Squirrel travel route.
Riverbend Farm Trail , Cabarrus, North Carolina,
In summer, it shelters the nest of Chipping Sparrows and it’s blossoms attracts Eastern Tiger Swallowtails and Bees. In the Fall, Monarchs!
And just like my previous home, I managed to shield it this Winter from the brutality of contract landscapers. Subtlety is a not, typically in their repertoire.
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