two killdeers

I've seen two Killdeer around the pond since early June.  I wonder if they're are pair or siblings?  

If they are a pair, wonder where the nest is?  

The pond and it's environs are full of questions that I ask myself every day!

maltese cross

 A volunteer plant in the area around the pond - - Maltese Cross.

Its really red flowers are welcome among all the purple, white, and yellow.

It has naturalized in some parts of Minnesota. It can be found along roadsides and other disturbed areas, as well as open woodlands, in the northern United States and Canada.

meal for green heron

This bird is at it again!  The Green Heron visits the pond several times a week during this hot season.  They are year-around residents of Florida and tropic regions, but migrate to breed in the eastern half of the US nearly as far as the Canadian border.  

Green Herons nest in trees and shrubs near water, or dry woods and orchards as long as it provides seclusion and there is water nearby for foraging fish or frogs.

Last year we saw a Green Heron Butorides virescens several times here on the pond shore, hunting for a meal. To see those previous photos and information about how these birds use tools to hunt, enter heron in the search box at top left then press return.