How many of our neighbors can you find? Snap a photo of each one you spot. The easiest are at the top, and they get harder as you go. Please look without touching, and leave every plant and animal where you found it.
Find 10 or more and the eggs are on us. Message us through your booking messages the evening before you check out, and we’ll have a dozen of our hens’ fresh eggs ready before you leave. We’d love to see a few of your photos too, and if we use one, we’ll give you credit.
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Easy
Tony, our Muscovy duck. Bonus points if he hisses hello. Muscovies hiss when they're happy. A chicken, any one of the flock. Stars at night. Our sky is dark enough to show plenty of them. A pine cone, or a bundle of pine needles. A butterfly, any kind (spring through fall). A black-eyed Susan (summer). The wedding ceremony area's giant door, made with rough-cut wood from this property. Frost on the grass or a fallen leaf on a cold morning (late fall and winter).
Medium
A tulip poplar leaf. It's shaped like a tulip, or a cat's face if you squint. A holly tree. Look for glossy, prickly leaves. Some have red berries in fall and winter. A white oak leaf or acorn. White oak leaves have rounded lobes with no points. A chicken with green legs. That's an Easter Egger, one of the hens behind the blue eggs. A chicken with feathered feet. A honey bee on a flower (spring through fall). A bumble bee working a flower. Stand close and you may hear it buzz the pollen loose (spring through fall). A deer. Early morning and dusk are your best chance. Deer tracks in mud or frost. A moth at a porch light after dark (warm months). Woodpecker holes in a dead tree. A bird's nest in a bare tree (winter, once the leaves are down). Icicles (winter).
Hard
A lizard, sunning on a rock or a warm path (warm months). One of our other wildflowers: partridge pea, plains coreopsis, downy lobelia or cardinal flower (summer into fall). The great egret at the back edge of the pond. It has come back three years running. A pileated woodpecker, about the size of a crow, with a flaming red crest. Easiest in winter. A box turtle. You'll have to get lucky for this one, and please don't handle it if you find one. A metallic green sweat bee. It's tiny, and it shines like metal in the sun (spring through fall). Snow on the property. You'll have to get lucky (winter). The Milky Way, on a clear night with no moon. A luna moth (spring and summer, after dark).
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Not sure what you found? Our Butterflies , Wildflowers , Neighbors and Our Animals pages have photos of most of them.