Worcester county, where we live, is thinly populated and rather rural. Small town, not much in the way of big public gatherings now or ever. Yet our COVID population shot up from almost zero to 258% of the previous number… Read More ›
birds
TREE LEAPERS AND FLYERS
Threads of a Tree – Tree Leapers We have an old tree in the back just behind the deck. It has been slowly fading over the past few years. Last year, it must have picked up some kind of boring insect…. Read More ›
FLEDGLIING ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK
Most baby animals are cute. Well, at least the furry one are. Birds, on the other hand, have some of the most hilariously ugly babies I’ve ever seen. This is a very young Rose-Breasted Grosbeak. In one of these pictures,… Read More ›
NOT MELLOW – JUST VERY YELLOW!
CFFC: Goldfinch in full feather The Goldfinch are mating, so the boys are in their finest, brightest feathers. Birds are very visual, so the brightest, prettiest boys get their chosen ladies. I’m not sure they really choose ladies. I think… Read More ›
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER
We’ve been seeing a lot of woodpeckers. Red-bellied Woodpeckers, Flickers, Hairy and Downy woodpeckers. You’d think there would be plenty of bugs for them in the trees, but they want seeds too. I don’t know if the seeds are dessert… Read More ›
BRUNCH FOR THE FEATHERY AND FURRY
It had been a cool night, so the air conditioning was off and the windows were open. It was around 9:30 in the morning when I realized that there was a lot of noise coming in through the windows. I… Read More ›
I’D IMAGINED THIS SO MANY TIMES, BUT I NEVER EXPECTED …
I’d imagined this moment so many times, but I never expected that a bird so small would steal the seed right out of my mouth! That’s right. Here I am, a full-size scarlet Cardinal and he’s a tiny Chipping Sparrow…. Read More ›
SIDEWAYS
A PHOTO A WEEK: FROM THE SIDE Sideways birds in three amazing colors! I love when all the different color birds show up by the feeders together. What a joyful collection they make.
THE QUICK CHAT
If you looked outside about an hour ago, it was as dark as the middle of night. Garry said: “It’s gotten awfully dark awfully fast.” “It’s going to rain,” I said. “I was raining when I came in before,” he… Read More ›
TREES OF LIFE
Trees of life The real trees of life in our little forest world are dead. Most people think of dead trees as something they have to get rid of. I suppose you have no choice if it’s on your roof or… Read More ›
A SPECIAL TREE
The Mourning Dove’s Tree We have collected a lot of doves. Doves breed frequently, but usually they also die fast. The article I read about them the other day described their lives as “short and brutal.” They are plump and… Read More ›
IT’S RAINING, IT’S POURING
It’s raining, it’s pouring,The old man is snoring.He got into bedAnd he bumped his headAnd he couldn’t get up in the morning. A Mother Goose Rhyme Every time I hear this rhyme, I become concerned about the old man and… Read More ›
