I thought that simply moving the feeders down to the deck would discourage the flying squirrels from eating all of it every night. I figured that since they are gliders, not real flyers like birds, they wouldn’t make it all… Read More ›
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MY LAST PHOTO FOR JANUARY 2021
Last on the Card January 2021 As usual, I left the card in the transferring widget. It was yesterday which was the day before the last day of the month, but I had a feeling those would be the last pictures… Read More ›
SATURDAY’S BIRD
Saturday’s bird is an odd-looking Cardinal I took some shots in the morning and decided to wait until the afternoon for the rest of the pictures because of the sun’s morning glare. Naturally, by the time I realized I should… Read More ›
I WOULD NEVER LET THESE LOVELY CREATURES ANYWHERE NEAR MY UPHOLSTERY
Don’t sit on the upholstery More birds. Today was the day I figured out why my camera was taking pictures in RAW which I never intended to do. I found the setting! Yay! I also did a little bit of swapping… Read More ›
BIRD WEEKLY – BIRDS WHOSE NAME STARTS WITH A “C”
BIRDS WHOSE NAME STARTS WITH A “C” This morning I woke up to the sound of squealing birds. I went to the window and I could not see anything, but I could hear birds squealing — loudly enough to be… Read More ›
AND CAME THE CARDINAL
#SQUARE UP, AGAIN! I saw him and grabbed the camera. He flew off the feeder and I was sure I’d lost him. “Come back oh please come back,” I begged. And suddenly, he reappeared on the deck rail. It was… Read More ›
A BIG DAY FOR THE BIRDS
When I got up this morning, I wandered into the kitchen to see how much it had snowed overnight. It was just over a foot, which is more snow than we got all winter last year. More important that the… Read More ›
THE GOLDFINCH CAME HOME! – Marilyn Armstrong
It’s not the big flock I had last year, but three Goldfinch showed up today and hung around long enough for me to get their pictures. They were the stars of last winter’s bird portraits. They are so awfully cute…. Read More ›
SOME OF THE LAST OF THE BIRDS – Marilyn Armstrong
They are not the very last. We’ll put the feeder back up in November when the weather begins to get cold. And I have a lot of folders of birds with a fair number of unprocessed photographs. But now, it’s… Read More ›
SOMETIMES, THE SQUIRRELS LET THE BIRDS EAT SOMETHING – Marilyn Armstrong
It seems that the more I try and discuss the eating all the food situation with the squirrels, the more squirrels show up. It used to be one at a time. Not the same squirrel each time, but it was… Read More ›
MORE BIRDS – MR. AND MRS. CARDINAL WITH COWBIRDS – Marilyn Armstrong
I thought everyone was going to get tired of birds. Honestly, I thought I would get tired of the birds, but it turns out, I find them beautiful and love having them around. I yell at the squirrels, but I… Read More ›
SPIKY, POKY, POINTY, SQUARE PHOTOGRAPHS OF A CARDINAL IN THE WOODS – Marilyn Armstrong
Square, poky, pointy, spiky Cardinals in the woods This time of year, the woods are definitely poky, pointy, and spiky. Before the leaves are out, everything has a sharp edge. It isn’t as lush as it will be later in… Read More ›
