A few minutes ago, while I was in the Back Yard Buffet, refilling the water bowl and keeping an eye on Gulliver as he wandered around the yard, a small hawk zoomed into the Buffet. It paused very briefly right in front of me as I stood near the brush pile, but thankfully didn't linger. …
A new back yard visitor
I looked out the kitchen window recently and spotted this visitor at the back yard buffet. It was alone, and it hung around long enough for quite a few photo opps. If you know what it is, I would be glad for an ID. Size-wise, it is about the same as a large blue …
To share or not to share?
Even the birds and the bees have a problem with sharing!
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.
There’s nothing like a cedar waxwing!
For the last few years the cedar waxwings have been most noticeable for their absence along the trail I often walk in Chagrin River Park. They have finally returned.
A bothered and bedraggled blackbird
Scenes from a very wet afternoon at the "back yard bird buffet"
Announcement: the wrens have returned!
House wrens were showing up all over the place this morning...at least all along the trail I was walking. I'm really not sure how many different wrens I saw, but I'm sure there was more than one. Wrens apparently are cavity nesters, and for several years I have watched them go in and out …
SEEN ALONG THE TRAIL 