Pond activity
More ducks showing up at the pond now that it is completely thawed. We saw some diver ducks including some mergansers. May have had some Cormorants on the pond, too, but we were too far away to...
View ArticleNew 4/14/11 Bird Feeders!
Here are some pictures of the newest bird feeders by Hidden Prairie Art. We now have our bird feeders and bird houses in two local establishments, Gilbertville Milling in Gilbertville, IA and Out on a...
View ArticleBaltimore Orioles at Grape Jelly Feeders
We are seeing a lot of Baltimore Orioles and a few Orchard Orioles at the sugar water and grape jelly feeders in our front yard. We have seem as many as six orioles there at once, fighting for...
View ArticleBluebird & Tree Swallow Nests
On Sunday, June 26th, we checked our bluebird boxes and saw that two of them had new eggs. This is their 2nd nesting of the season as the same two boxes fledged five bluebirds out of one and four from...
View ArticleHoliday ceramic bird feeders by Dennis
Dennis has some of his “up-cycled” holiday theme bird feeders now at The Plaid Peacock downtown Waterloo across from the Market Co-op building(near the Library). Here are a couple photos:
View ArticleGarden Art – “Tin Heads!”
We are still having fun making our up-cycled “tin head” characters for the garden, patio, or even indoors. A small amount of bird seed can usually be placed either on the top or in the bottom. If...
View ArticleLink to Our March window display of Hidden Prairie Art
This is a link to a photo and text album on Facebook from the Plaid Peacock a local artist consignment store. We were the featured artists for the March window display....
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