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One Of The Woodpeckers
A year round resident, year round in most of the eastern US. A medium sized woodpecker. A female Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus). It showed up this morning teasing me with poses that didn’t last very long but I managed to get a few pictures. This makes me think, I’ve got to get into the kitchen…
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Rain This Afternoon
Rain this afternoon. Drops of water hanging on the ends of needles. If you look close enough at those drops of water perhaps you’ll get a glimpse of world around you. These needles capturing the rain are the needles of one of our native trees, Virginia Pine (Pinus virginiana). The needles are 1.5 to 3…
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Bluebird Visit Today
Well, that certainly was a pleasant surprise. An Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) dropped by for a visit this morning. It wasn’t alone. I could hear others singing their sweet songs in the woods, though I only saw one. They live in this general location year round, but only occasionally right here. I’ve been putting out…
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Heading For The Bird Bath
An image of a Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) preparing to catapult to the bird bath, taken just a few days ago. Tufted Titmice are birds that are here throughout the year. Fun little ones that know me and will come close to the feeder as I’m filling it, calling to them. Not shy birds! As…
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One Of Many
A favorite bird. Technically one of many favorite birds. There are too many to narrow it down to one favorite! This is a Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus). Four days ago. It was in my yard getting ready to splash around in the bird bath. The Hermit Thrush is a bird that I only see during…
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Snow Showers This Afternoon
A female Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis). One of many birds trying to ignore the snow that lasted more than hour this afternoon. A high temperature of 50° earlier in the day. I happened to look out and see so much snow coming down I was totally blown away. Despite the fast temperature drop, it only…
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Sometimes I See One
At the bird bath, a Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) gets my attention. Similar to the White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis). A bird that makes me thankful for my camera and the images that it produces so I’m able to see for sure that I’m seeing a Song Sparrow rather than a White-throated Sparrow. Song Sparrows don’t…
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Colorful But A Moth Not A Butterfly
A Grapevine Epimenis (Psychomorpha epimenis), a mighty colorful creature, but it is a moth and not a butterfly. A small one too, with a wingspan of just 3/4 to 1 inch. Another thing that might trip you up in identifying this as a moth, the Grapevine Epimenis enjoys puddling, which is a behavior that usually…
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Winter Dream
Going through my photographs of winter. Winter from my childhood. Winter from just a few years ago. Winter that seems correct. This is one of those images. Winter, February 22, 2011. Hoarfrost decorating the edges of marcescent White Oak leaves (Quercus alba). Winter beauty.