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One Of The LBJs
This one of the LBJs, or Little Brown Jobbies. Little brown birds that look like other little brown birds. Very confusing. In reality, I’m able to identify this bird. The streaked breast helps in that regard. This is a Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia). Years ago as I was getting familiar with the LBJs, it sure…
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Oodles Of Birds This Morning
They swooped in this morning, delighting in the birdbaths, quenching their thirst. Too many to count. Cedar Waxwings (Bombycilla cedrorum) and Robins (Turdus migratorius) everywhere. Then on their way hunting berries. And back again. Back and forth many times this morning before the snow started. Snow that pleased me greatly. Falling into the evening though…
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Wild Wind!
This White Oak leaf (Quercus alba) modeled for me yesterday as I was roaming, enjoying the last of the autumn colors. Last evening a front came through. Wind roared and howled with incredible speed as it blew through the mountain trails. One little branch. Not much to hold onto. But maybe it’s still there hanging…
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Excitement In England
There has been much excitement in the bird watching world of northeast England recently. A juvenile male Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) ended up in England due to being blown way off course by recent intense storms in the Atlantic. A similar sighting also happened 10 years ago but it is only the eighth time this…
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Spirits From The Pumpkin Patch
Perhaps 5 inches across. Gathered with many pumpkins for Halloween. And this, the perfect spirit filled object. Turning it reveals different spooky scenes designed totally by nature. How can that be? Amazing. _______________________ If you would like to receive my daily blog posts by email, sign up here!
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Just Passing Through
A surprise at the old garden gate. A bird I had never seen before. A Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) heading south for the winter. Destination Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and northern South America. Delighted I happened to see it. _______________________ If you would like to receive my daily blog posts by email, sign up…
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Leaves Long Gone
Black Walnut leaves (Juglans nigra) with their many leaflets turn from green to yellow early in autumn and with that change of color, they quickly fall to the ground. I love to capture the texture those leaves create against the blue sky before those leaves begin to drop. The Black Walnut tree is also one…