It's easy to be charmed by the antics of these tiny birds, especially when they put on a show, and that's what this one was doing in my back yard today. Let's sit for a bit on the patio bench and watch. Uh-oh! Watch out, Hummer. You're not the only one that likes the sugar water. You've …
To share or not to share?
Even the birds and the bees have a problem with sharing!
A little rain and a lotta lazy!
Rain was threatening, and I was feeling lazy, so I hung around the house for some back yard birding instead of heading to the park for a trail walk. As it turned out, lazy wasn't a bad choice, and I ended up having loads of fun just sitting on the bench in my back yard. A lady …
A pileated surprise!
We had a surprise "guest" at dinner time tonight, and he hung around for a portrait shoot.
Back yard birding
A visit to the back yard bird buffet
One more week to go
For the past three weeks I've been on a self-imposed break from my regular trail walks so I can take an online course in photoshop for photographers. As a result, I haven't had much news to report from along the trail. Photoshop doesn't come easily to me, but it is a lot of fun, and hopefully will lead to improvements in my …
A surprise visitor at the back yard buffet
An unexpected visitor stopped by our back yard buffet this evening. Take a look at the pictures I captured.
A bothered and bedraggled blackbird
Scenes from a very wet afternoon at the "back yard bird buffet"
Back Yard Birding and more
I know some people take their feeders down when spring arrives, but we still like to keep some food and water available for these little creatures. So the other day I parked myself on a back yard bench to decide how to rearrange the feeders, and here are a few of the visitors that stopped …
Photo Almanac: January 9-15, 2016
Who was it that proclaimed, "Time flies when you're having fun!" I'm pretty sure they should have said, "If you're having fun (or not), time still flies!" I am a week late posting this issue of the Almanac. Admittedly I've had some fun in the past two weeks, but that isn't the only reason I'm …
SEEN ALONG THE TRAIL 