My back yard is teeming with local wildlife, and I try to get photos of as many creatures as I can. We have a seed bird-feeder, and two suet feeders; one with regular suet, and one with a hot-pepper suet that squirrels hate but the birds love. This pair of Steller's Jays drank from the …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #225: Wildlife Close to Home
And this has absolutely nothing to do with the anti-social network known as Twitter. Real birds dropped by our yard this morning. Over breakfast, these two Steller's Jays visited and had a drink from the birdbath. Next, our Red-shafted Flicker dropped in. Neither species "twitters", and both have calls that are very distinctive. I'm so …
On our recent road voyage to Colorado and back, edges and ledges were everywhere. While waiting for Hubby to bring the car around to load at one of the hotels we stayed at, I happened to glance at the pillar to my right. Now, this pillar is covered on all sides by what is probably …
Yep, right here in my back yard in the middle of suburbia, we have a sort of wildlife sanctuary, and neighborhood birds and animals visit every day. Now, we don't get much that's really exotic, though neighbors have seen a coyote, raccoons, and even a black bear. Our furry and feathered friends seem to like …
Continue reading Sunday Stills Challenge: It’s a Wild(life) world
This week has been bountiful for our back yard going into the winter season. We have had a profusion of birds coming to our seed and suet feeders. Birds that we rarely see in the yard have visited more frequently than before, and birds that we normally see in winter are around now. These birds …
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