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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.
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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 |
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.
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 |
Our Morning temps have been dipping into the 40’s all month. The poor little humming birds are puffed up trying to stay warm and staying close to the feeders. This little girl stayed at the feeder all morning.
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| I have an itch… |
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| waiting for a turn at the feeder |
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| still waiting… |
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| The chickadee~ unfazed by a recent ice storm ~ is at the top of the list of my favorite birds. |
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| have you ever been cussed out by a chickadee? It’s very hard to be offended! |
A little thistle, a little sunflower seed and Voila!
Lil's Garden Tour 