One of my favorite morning rituals, sit by my picture window, camera in hand, sip my coffee and watch the birds. Hmmmm… makes for an interesting mental picture.
Red Bird
Monthly Archives: January 2015
Shining Sycamore
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| American Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) |
It was really nice to see the sun today. My sycamore seemed to glow.
Blurry Eagle
Steve and I drove through starved rock state park in the snow storm today (yes, it was too beautiful yesterday to last- we all knew the snow was coming back!) anyway, finally got a few shots of a bald eagle in flight. Not the best shots- still kind of shaky with the long lenses- but I finally got pictures that you can actually see that it is an eagle! (Here was my first attempt at an eagle a few years back)
Snow Cone
Sean and I went for a little stroll this afternoon to soak up some long awaited sunshine and enjoy the 40 degree temps….
Snow Oak
Another two inches of snow early this morning. It looks pretty, but I’m ready for spring.
At least I know the deer are still around. One of them chewed down my variegated dogwood against the house. Nice to know they’re not starving this year. this one looks nice and fat under all that fur.
More Snow ~ Trying to keep the Critters Fed
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| house finches, lady cardinal and junco |
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| snow covered squirrel |
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| typical position for a nuthatch |
Snow Blue Jay
I finally had a bluejay stick around long enough for me to get a few good pictures. Usually they are a grab and dash kind of bird.
Winter Birds of the New Year
Here is it January of 2015 already. Where did the year go?
Actually I’m glad to see last year go. It started out okay but ended pretty lousy. I was hollering for a do over towards the end there, but now I’ll just opt for a fresh start.
Now here we are, a fresh snow and good ole bitter cold to go with it. For a little while there I thought Mother Nature was going to take it easy on us this winter. I was enjoying the temps in 40’s, especially over Christmas- but alas, we do live in Illinois!
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| Morning after last night’s storm- about 6 inches of powder snow |
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| seeing double- pair of chickadees |
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| a Cold Mourning Dove |
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| Blue Jay |
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| Black Capped Chickadees |
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| Mourning Doves |
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| House Finch |
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| Downy Woodpecker |
Lil's Garden Tour 