Lady Slippers propagate by seeds, but it takes several years before they bloom, and they generally die when transplanted because they have a fragile root system.
At the bottom on the left of the photo is a Star flower, another spring blossom.
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I hear woodpeckers drumming quite a lot, Harry woodpeckers, Downy woodpeckers, and sometimes, Pileated woodpeckers. They all sound a little different, but sometimes, I can’t tell which is which. Today I saw a Downy woodpecker, first on the suet, then, on the finch feeder.
The little red dot marks it as a male. The slightly smaller size, the white bars on the shoulders mark it as a Downy woodpecker instead of the larger Harry woodpecker.
I think. It’s pretty hard to tell them apart sometimes.
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