The more I looked at yesterday’s squirrel, the less I liked it. It is misshapen and the colors look flat and childish. Another third grade attempt. About sketchbooks. You can buy a fully bound sketchbook. Many of these bound books… Read More ›
Goldfinch
A SQUIRRELLY WORLD SHARE
SHARE YOUR SQUIRRELY WORLD 11-30-2021 It’s been a very squirrelly day here, so this is the perfect finale. Well, maybe not the finale quite yet. Regardless, it’s definitely a biggish moment. We put out a big brick of dried mealworms and… Read More ›
CHANGE IN THE AIR & ON THE WING
A month ago — October — these birds were fledglings with bits of baby feathers sticking out of their almost grown up feathers. It’s just about a month later and the birds are all full grown and eating like crazy…. Read More ›
BIRDS OF MANY FEATHERS, A SQUIRREL, AND A SNAPPING TURTLE
Present and Past Connections Usually this would be my biggest month of picture taking, but it’s still raining. Okay, it stopped for a few hours this morning. That gave me a chance to get to the deck and clean up… Read More ›
GARDEN BIRDS AND SURVIVAL
This morning I read an article in National Geographic about the lockdown. It seems to have made the lives of at least some birds better, at least for this year. It turns out I was wrong about us having lost… Read More ›
WATCHING BIRDS WHILE THEY WATCH YOU
It was maybe a month ago. Garry and I were watching Colbert and his guest was a big star — whose name I’ve forgotten. I’m not good at remembering names so that’s not unusual, but I remember the conversation. “What,”… Read More ›
OISEAUX DU JOUR?
It was a perfect day to be a bird. Or, really, anything since the day was perfect. I bought new food just the other day and the birds get really enthusiastic about fresh food. Although many birds flew in and… Read More ›
STORM BIRDS AND IN SUNSHINE
The epidemic of disease that has been affecting birds up and down the east coast of the U.S. has ended, so there’s a pretty good chance we’ll start to see our bigger birds again. Soon, I hope. Meanwhile, we have… Read More ›
GOLDFINCHES – NOT BLURRY!
It’s a minor miracle. I have taken so many pictures of Goldfinches because we have a big flock of them in the woods, but they are always a little blurry because they are constantly in motion. Just this once, I… 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 ›
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 ›
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.
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