A crowd of Sparrows descended on me while having lunch in a beautiful garden. The braver ones came close and took a small piece of cracker from my finger. A satisfying moment, seeing nature so close up. Satisfaction
Fluttering Sparrow
I spotted this Sparrow fluttering around a potted plant of Petunias on the boardwalk at the beach. He seemed to stay above the flowers, not landing, just hovering. Finally he did land, inside, where I lost sight of him. Trying to get out of the heat? Hidden food? A nest? I wonder.
A Photo A Week: At the Edge
A dragonfly sitting at the edge of a dock A Seagull at the edge of the surf A Sparrow at the edge of a windowsill Edge
Weekend Coffee Share
Good Morning! Come inside, it’s a bit muggy and overcast today, but at least the heat wave seems to have come to an end. Not that I minded- I happen to love the summer and don’t mind the heat at all. I’ve been on vacation since school ended in June, and enjoying my free time […]
Feathers on Friday: Osprey
From All About Birds: Unique among North American raptors for its diet of live fish and ability to dive into water to catch them, Ospreys are common sights soaring over shorelines, patrolling waterways, and standing on their huge stick nests, white heads gleaming. These large, rangy hawks do well around humans and have rebounded in […]
A Photo a Week Challenge: Birds
This week’s challenge is my favorite subject to photograph. These are some of my favorites. Tree Swallows Starling Seagull Grackle Immature Great Horned Owl Birds
Collage
Photo Collages are one of my favorite things to make. Years ago my friends and I would cut photos and words about one another out of magazines and glue them on poster board. These days different apps make it easy to combine photos-like this one I put together of selfies of me and my husband […]
One Word Photo Challenge: Heron
Great Blue Heron Black Crowned Night Heron Yellow Crowned Night Heron Heron
Thursday’s Special: Vision
The theme for this week’s Thursday’s Special photo challenge is VISION Vision:the faculty or state of being able to see My vision allowed me to take in all the sights surrounding me on an early evening walk Vision
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: All One Color
All One Color
A Photo A Week Challenge: Flying
There is nothing quite like seeing a bird soaring overhead, flapping its wings and then gliding along. I am still getting the hang of capturing them in flight through the lens, but here are a few I did manage to capture flying. Flying
Earth
The beauty it gives us….. Earth
Feathers on Friday
Say hello to the Palm Warbler. I saw him moving around in the grass, and knew it was a bird I had never seen before. He was pretty quick but I managed to capture a shot of him. This brownish-olive bird has a bright rusty cap and a bold pale eyebrow stripe. The Palm Warbler […]
Wordless Wednesday
Feathers on Friday
The great black-backed gull, also known as the greater black-backed gull or, informally, as the black-back, is the largest member of the gull family, and is the largest gull in the world. The adult great black-backed gull has a white head, neck and underparts, dark grey wings and back, pink legs and yellow bill. The adult […]
Singing Spring
This beautiful Robin sat singing in a tree as I walked by on Monday afternoon. Sitting amid the buds of Spring he was most likely looking for a mate. A Song Sparrow was calling out too- all puffed up to show off his feathers The sounds of Spring in the air!
Black & White Sunday: After & Before
Paula has invited us to show after and before: show the same photo, regardless of the subject, in both monochrome and colour. It is a gray, cloudy and cold day today. Spring has chosen not to make an appearance just yet. I ventured out anyway and took these photos. I liked the different textures in the […]
Sharing My World
How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are? I always think I am somewhere in my 30’s, until I spend time with people in their 30’s and feel ancient. Been there…. done that…. who cares….things will work out. It’s a funny feeling looking back when confronted with those who have […]
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Letters E or F
E is for Eagle F is for Flight Letters E & F
Instinct
Instinct or innate behavior is the inherent inclination of a living organism towards a particular complex behavior. I am always amazed at the power of instinct when it comes to animals and birds. This seagull’s instinct allowed it to fly above this body of water and spot a fish below the surface This Eagle’s instinct […]
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: View From the Side
From the Side
Invasion of the Grackles
We had a blizzard yesterday. It snowed and sleeted and the wind whipped around endlessly moving the snow from here to there. The official count was 10 inches, but because of the drifts it was much deeper in some places. I fed the birds throughout the day, they never stopped coming. A flock of Grackles […]
What a Difference a Day Makes
Last week it was close to 70 degrees in my neck of the woods. Today we are in the midst of a blizzard, with the expected snowfall to accumulate to close to 20 inches. This is the scene out my front door It is coming down fast and furious. Yesterday I took advantage of the […]
The Changing Seasons
The month of February brought higher than average temperatures where I live, and just one day of snow that melted quickly because the temps were so high. The warmer weather allowed me to get out and walk quite often, and even when it wasn’t so warm, I bundled up and hit the local trails and […]
A Day In The Life 
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