9:14 – Let’s Fly! 9:14 – We stride, but these feathery friends fly. Home to the nest? Off to visit another feeder? I can only guess. Wherever they are traveling, they are with the wind.
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A PRETTY LADY CARDINAL
She was a very pretty lady Cardinal. Also very young. Lots of baby pin-feathers and she is also fluffy. They get much smoother as life moves on. She’s one of the orange cardinals. We have red ones, orange ones and… Read More ›
BABY BIRDS
It’s the beginning of May. Time for baby birds. They don’t stay babies very long — less than a week. Birds develop fast, They have to or they wouldn’t survive. Their lives don’t allow for a prolonged adolescence. The catbird… Read More ›
APRIL 2024 – THE CHANGING SEASONS
The Changing Seasons, April 2024 I got a new “compact” camera, so I took extra pictures just to see what it can do. I’ll try to summarize and not make you look at everything. Some of it isn’t worth looking… Read More ›
ALL ABOUT BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS
Birds of the Week Invitation LXII Do these birds look like criminals? They are. They are parasites and killers of born and unborn baby birds. They don’t build nests. Originally they were followers of buffalo herds. Always on the move, they’d… Read More ›
BABY BIRDS ON DISPLAY
Birds of the Week Invitation LIX I am so late with this post. I am sorry. But there has been a lot to do and I needed to actually take some pictures of birds, not just think about them. I’ve been… Read More ›
BUYING A BIRDFEEDER
It’s not as easy as it sounds You’d think by now I’d know what I want., I do. The problem isn’t a failure to know what I want, but an absence of what I want available. Because I hang a… Read More ›
ALMOST YOUNGER
The sun was shining through the bedroom shades. It was finally going to be a beautiful day. I opened the window. The softness of the air confirmed it. Usually, I go back to bed and listen to a book for… Read More ›
ALMOST SPRING
It was warm this morning. I could touch the glass and tell that it was close to the same temperature outside as inside. I opened the window and peeked around to see how the feeders were doing. The hanging feeders… Read More ›
LAST OF MARCH PHOTOS
Last on the Card – March 2024 Coincidentally my last photos were actually taken on the last day of the month. Imagine that! There are big differences in the bird pictures, not so much in flowers. Photographing birds is more challenging… Read More ›
MARCH 2024, THE CHANGING SEASONS
The Changing Seasons, March 2024 Because today is Easter Sunday, I’ll start with my Easter Lily which fully bloomed — appropriately — this morning. Hot from the camera, Easter Sunday Easter Lilies. Considering how rarely we got outside this month, I… Read More ›
PURPLE FINCH – NEW KID IN TOWN
Two very similar birds, at least in size and general coloring — but not the same bird. When I saw the Purple Finch this morning, I knew it was a different bird despite the similarities to a House Finch. It… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY - SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 