HAPPY NEW YEAR – The Changing Seasons, December 2023 Year’s end has arrived. We haven’t had a serious hard freeze yet or anything but a dusting of snow so brief, it seemed barely there. Lots of warmer than usual weather… Read More ›
#Birds
ANIMALS UNAWARE
CFFC: Animals Unaware Beware squirrels, birds, and chipmunks! Photographers are lurking!
SKETCHBOOK 88 – BIRDY ART
I’ve been itching to draw for a while but either I was too busy and couldn’t spare the time or my hand was already sore and I didn’t want to press my luck. I’m amazed my hands still work considering… Read More ›
THE RULE OF P
CMMC – September – The letter P starts the word I have a lot of “P” stuff from petunias, pottery, printers and pocket watches to Pileated woodpeckers and porcelain.
MY FEATHERED FRIENDS
CFFC: Birds It has been a very busy summer for our birds, even though I haven’t taken as many pictures as usual. This is because I have a lot of bird pictures, so unless it’s one of the rare birds… Read More ›
SEEKING ONE VERY SMALL MIRACLE
THE NORTHERN BOBWHITE – NEW ENGLAND’S LAST QUAIL The quail population in New England has dropped by 85% during the past 20 years. Once a common bird, it is rapidly vanishing from hunting and now, as the places it called… Read More ›
FIFTY LITTLE STEPS
CFFC: Walk 50 steps or less and take a new photo(s) It’s just about 15 steps from the loveseat in the living room to where I keep my “bird” camera in the dining room. We do everything except eat in the… Read More ›
AUTUMN IS ABOUT TO BEGIN
Share Your World – 12 September While Kaitlin was here yesterday, she looked out the back windows and commented: “You have a real bird festival going on out there!” We do have quite an avian circus here. There are a lot… Read More ›
RETURN OF THE GOLDFINCH
They come here for the winter and breed, then fly up to Canada where, I’m assured, they breed again. Now, they are back. They have been coming back, a few birds at a time, for several weeks, but today, they… Read More ›
WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE?
FOTD – September 4 – Where have all the flowers gone? I went out this morning to feed the birds and water the plants. The plants looked strange. The yellow begonias had flowers, but it was thin on leaves. The ruffled… Read More ›
BIRDS IN THE GARDEN, SQUIRRELS ON THE WATCH
We really are currently overrun by woodpeckers. When I went into the kitchen this morning, there was a Downy woodpecker clinging to the screen door begging for food. I’m pretty sure they are all breeding, too and that’s why they… Read More ›
WITH A MIDDLING “N”
CMMC – August Alphabet Letter N in the middle of the word “N” was an easy letter. I’m just grateful I wasn’t searching for a “Q” in the middle. That could get dicey.
SERENDIPITY - SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 