March, 2016 | A RURAL GEEK

Spring cleaning is for the birds

Posted on March 12, 2016August 26, 2017 by <span class='p-author h-card'>Mike Hendley</span>

Every spring before it gets too warm, we open up each of our bird houses and clean them out of the previous year’s nesting material. We remove the material but we spread it in the woods so other animals can repurpose it.

However, we also have 5 duck houses around our pond. Duck houses are typically inhabited but mergansers or wood ducks. These ducks are cavity nesters and rely on us to fill the boxes with shavings we get from a local pet store. We have 5 nest boxes and all of them will see use this year.

Now that the boxes are ready, they should arrive in a couple weeks once the water is exposed again.

Butterflies go free

Posted on March 6, 2016August 26, 2017 by <span class='p-author h-card'>Mike Hendley</span>

We took a trip to the Montreal Botanical Garden to see the annual Butterflies Go Free exhibit. It is stunning to see all the varieties of the butterflies moving around in utter silence.

The exhibit ends April 24, 2016, so there is still time to catch it.

If you can’t make it, here is a meditative video I made from some of the slow motion video I captured, as well as some pics from today. Enjoy!