Blue Jay With Bokeh
Posted: June 1, 2012 Filed under: Photoart Friday, Your Sunday Best | Tags: bird, blue jay, nature, photo art, photography, spring 27 Comments »
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The Cardinal’s Strange Offspring
Posted: May 31, 2012 Filed under: birds, Camera Critters, Rural Thursday, spring | Tags: bird, cardinal, cowbird, juvenile, nature 27 Comments »
Junior wants food!
Doting dad appears, offering what looks like a nice juicy berry. Junior checks it out, but refuses it.
Junior decides he’d rather splash around in his wading pool.
Still hungry, he calls out to dad.
Doting dad responds, still offering the nice, juicy berry…
…and gets splashed by Junior for all his devoted effort!
Junior is a young Brown-headed Cowbird. The female cowbird lays her eggs in the nests of other bird species, where they are hatched and cared for by the host parents at the expense of their own young.
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Cooling Off
Posted: May 29, 2012 Filed under: World Bird Wednesday, Texture Tuesday | Tags: nature, robin, bird 31 Comments »We’ve had a spell of unseasonably hot weather.
Like dogs, birds like this American Robin pant to expel body heat.
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More Please!
Posted: May 28, 2012 Filed under: Macro Monday, Nature Notes | Tags: bird, blue jay, nature, spring 17 Comments »
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Memorial Day 2012
Posted: May 28, 2012 Filed under: quote | Tags: clouds, memorial day, quote, sky 4 Comments »
Crested Birds
Posted: May 26, 2012 Filed under: birds, Camera Critters | Tags: bird, blue jay, cardinal, crests, nature, tufted titmouse 30 Comments »
Blue Jay
Northern Cardinal
Tufted Titmouse
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Insomnia
Posted: May 25, 2012 Filed under: moon, Photoart Friday, quote, Your Sunday Best | Tags: moon, nature, outdoors, photo art, quote 27 Comments »
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A Cool Drink
Posted: May 24, 2012 Filed under: Rural Thursday, squirrel | Tags: animals, nature, outdoors, photography, squirrel, texture, water 23 Comments »
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The Visitor
Posted: May 22, 2012 Filed under: World Bird Wednesday | Tags: bird, feathers, mourning dove, nature, spring 33 Comments »She landed a little bit awkwardly on the rail of the deck. She turned her head as I softly told her how pretty she was.
She turned several times to show me her beautiful brand new feathers. I quietly admired them.
When she began to look around rather anxiously, I knew she was ready to say goodbye.
“I know you can’t stay, so go ahead, stay safe and have a wonderful life,” I told her.
With a flurry of wings, she was on her way, eager to learn more about her world.
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Light
Posted: May 22, 2012 Filed under: Texture Tuesday | Tags: grapevines, light, nature, outdoors, spring, texture 23 Comments »
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