With a summer of rain and now heat, the prairie is blooming. The wren laid two eggs, so far, in the little house you can see in the midst of the prairie, formerly occupied by a tree swallow pair. When they fledged, I found one dead tree swallow baby still in the nest. I cleaned it out and now it is rented to this mama.
little house in the prairie
wren nest
I wish the prairie did come all the way up to the house as it appears in this photo