This lovely didn’t stay long, but I happily caught it feeding.
It flew around the flower garden outside the Seymour Community Museum.
Until next time, that’s all there is from Sunnybook Farm.
Copyright 2023 Susan Manzke, all rights reserved.
Category Archives: wildlife
Hummingbird and woodpecker eating breakfast
I sat, waiting for the birds to come to eat. Here are a couple of little guys eating this morning.
Earlier there were four hummingbirds feeding, but only one returned for me to video.
I will refresh the sugar water today. Four parts of water and one part of sugar are boiled in my microwave. After it cools the hummingbirds will have another good meal.
Until next time, that’s all there is from Sunnybook Farm.
Copyright 2023 Susan Manzke, all rights reserved.
A tenacious squirrel
Too bad for this guy, the filled birdfeeder was just out of reach.
It’s the only squirrel that visits. I enjoy watching him/her, but I won’t put the feeder within its reach.
Nature gets close here.
Until next time, that’s all there is from Sunnybook Farm.
Copyright 2023 Susan Manzke, all rights reserved.
Sandhill cranes in soybean field
I had a hard time seeing these two as the sun was in my eyes. I hope you find the cranes in my video. They start talking as I watched them.
The sound of these birds takes me back to a time before humans walked the earth. They have a prehistoric sound to their call.
I did enjoy my early morning listening and watching these two large visitors.
Until next time, that’s all there is from Sunnybook Farm.
Copyright 2023 Susan Manzke, all rights reserved.
Visiting the Butterfly Garden
This Butterfly Garden is north of Appleton, Wisconsin. In season, it is open Wednesday through Saturday.
I went with three of my grandchildren (Eli, Arianna, and Wyatt) and my daughter Rachel. It was the first visit for all of us.
This video was taken in the enclosed area where visitors can get up close and personal with the butterflies. Everyone was given a cotton swab dipped in a sugar solution. The idea was to touch the butterfly’s legs so it could taste the sugar and then it would get on the swab to drink more. That worked once for Wyatt, but usually, the butterflies preferred sipping nectar from the flowers.
It was a lovely afternoon to spend with butterflies and my family.
Until next time, that’s all there is from Sunnybook Farm.
Copyright 2023 Susan Manzke, all rights reserved.