Flower Hill Farm Retreat https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com B&B, Retreat, Vacation Rental Flower Hill Farm in Williamsburg MA Western Mass 20 minutes outside of Northampton MA 413-268-7481 Sat, 17 May 2014 16:01:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.13 183435305 Spring’s Resolve Bluebirds and Tree Swallows https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/springs-resolve-bluebirds-and-tree-swallows/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=springs-resolve-bluebirds-and-tree-swallows https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/springs-resolve-bluebirds-and-tree-swallows/#respond Sat, 26 Apr 2014 06:05:00 +0000 http://staging.caroldukephotography.com/springs-resolve-bluebirds-and-tree-swallows/   Property disputes between bluebirds and tree swallows, and tree swallows and tree swallows seem to be resolved by now and life is very busy with serious nesting preparations here at Flower Hill Farm.  Today I took my first butterfly photo of 2014 — caught a whisper of light in a Cabbage White while she […]

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]]> https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/springs-resolve-bluebirds-and-tree-swallows/feed/ 0 5216 Flower Hill Farm Butterflies of 2012 ~ Little Wood Satyr, Common Ringlet and Common Wood Nymph https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-little-wood-satyr-common-ringlet-and-common-wood-nymph/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-little-wood-satyr-common-ringlet-and-common-wood-nymph https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-little-wood-satyr-common-ringlet-and-common-wood-nymph/#respond Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:17:00 +0000 http://duke.itabix.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-little-wood-satyr-common-ringlet-and-common-wood-nymph/ The more I learn about butterflies, the more I understand just how enchanted our gardens and nature, in general, truly is. With satyrs and wood nymphs all about the grassy meadows and fields who could ever dream of using poisons? We share our gardens and land with a complex and varied living community and we […]

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]]> https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-little-wood-satyr-common-ringlet-and-common-wood-nymph/feed/ 0 135 Flower Hill Farm Butterflies of 2012 ~ Little Wood Satyr, Common Ringlet and Common Wood Nymph https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-little-wood-satyr-common-ringlet-and-common-wood-nymph-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-little-wood-satyr-common-ringlet-and-common-wood-nymph-2 https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-little-wood-satyr-common-ringlet-and-common-wood-nymph-2/#respond Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:17:00 +0000 http://staging.caroldukephotography.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-little-wood-satyr-common-ringlet-and-common-wood-nymph-2/ The more I learn about butterflies, the more I understand just how enchanted our gardens and nature, in general, truly is. With satyrs and wood nymphs all about the grassy meadows and fields who could ever dream of using poisons? We share our gardens and land with a complex and varied living community and we […]

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]]> https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/flower-hill-farm-butterflies-of-2012-little-wood-satyr-common-ringlet-and-common-wood-nymph-2/feed/ 0 5311 Birds in Review Part XXXIV ‘A Bird Parade’ Slate-colored Dark-eyed Junco https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/birds-in-review-part-xxxiv-a-bird-parade-slate-colored-dark-eyed-junco/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=birds-in-review-part-xxxiv-a-bird-parade-slate-colored-dark-eyed-junco https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/birds-in-review-part-xxxiv-a-bird-parade-slate-colored-dark-eyed-junco/#comments Sat, 16 Apr 2011 14:36:00 +0000 http://duke.itabix.com/birds-in-review-part-xxxiv-a-bird-parade-slate-colored-dark-eyed-junco/ Did you know that Juncos are actually Sparrows? I confess I did not or I should have included them in my Sparrow post. Here in the northeast we have the Slate-colored Junco (J. hyemalis hyemalis) or Slate-colored Dark-eyed Junco. We all see these tidy grey and white birds flitting about on the ground in our […]

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