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Wordless Wednesday ~ Snow Bird
Red Bird
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.
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 |
Downtime at the Garden Center, Robin’s nest update…
Rain is forecasted today and all the Garden Center customers have scattered leaving us with a little time to breath. The mad rush to get the vegetable plants and other garden supplies has come to all but a screeching halt.
Our new mascot, now known as the GC Robin, is also enjoying the extra peace and quiet. We’ve moved most of the flower baskets out of the greenhouse, leaving her’s with a note attached that the basket is occupied and is not for sale.
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| GC Robin, keeping a wary eye on me |
It’s a little tricky keeping her Fuchsia alive though. I’m able to keep it watered by trickling the hose into the side of the basket without getting the nest wet. Of course this pisses her off and she yells at me, but soon gets over it.
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| Tomato aisle- customer free |
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| Josh hamming it up for the camera |
Snow of Saturn
When did the Weather people start naming the winter storms? We had Q (literally) and now Saturn… what were the others? Did I miss the memo?
Anyway, here we are in March already and Northern Illinois woke up to more snow this morning! I know we need the moisture but I’d love to see some spring daffodils instead. I’ve got the itch to start my new garden!
And from the amount of birds I have at my feeders today, I’d say they are ready for spring too!
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| grumpy goldfinch ready for spring! |
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| goldfinches, cardinal & song sparrow |
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| male cardinal |
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| titmouse |
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| female cardinal |
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| assorted finches (yes, cardinals are a finch) |
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| cold dove |
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| cardinal |
Icy Breakfast
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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! |
Dinner with Friends
A little thistle, a little sunflower seed and Voila!
Lil's Garden Tour 