Tag Archives: Illinois

bird watching

Why do Humming Birds Hum?

June 13, 2012 Lillian Davis Leave a comment

Because they forgot the words!
(Ha! Ha! Get it? Yeah, yeah, I know! Corny Joke… I got a million of ’em!)

It’s all for the humming birds this year…

Humming Bird Spinner

Humming Bird’s favorite flowers in hanging baskets on the deck

ivy Geranium

Double Calibrachoa and a few others…
and feeders in every corner of the yard, filled with homemade sugar water…

Sugar water recipe ~ 1 cup sugar dissolved into 4 cups boiling water… cool to room temperature then fill clean feeders. Fills 4~ 8oz. feeders.

birds, garden, Illinois

Chicka – dee – dee – dee!

June 6, 2012 Lillian Davis Leave a comment

I’ve been trying for years to get a decent picture of a Chickadee. I finally got one to pause long enough to get a couple of shots…..

He’s cracking open sunflowers seeds

Illinois

Lunch Break

May 27, 2012 Lillian Davis 1 Comment

The Volunteer, a replica of the old barges towed along the I&M Canal, sits docked at lock #16…

while Larry and Moe have lunch.

You can read more about the history of the I&M canal and tour and ticket info here:

www.lasallecanalboat.org

Illinois, turkey buzzard

Road Kill Committee

May 27, 2012 Lillian Davis Leave a comment

Turkey Buzzards waiting for the cars to pass so they could sample the squirrel pancake….

Illinois

Five – Dollars – Fine

May 27, 2012 Lillian Davis 1 Comment

Our travels today brought us to
The Red Covered Bridge. It is a wooden covered bridge that was built in 1863 and spans the Bureau creek, north of Princeton, Illinois. It’s 149 feet long and is one of six remaining covered bridges in Illinois and is still open to traffic. I don’t know if they still enforce the fines though….