A FEW OF THE SEVERAL DOZEN PINE SISKINS THAT DROPPED INTO OUR GARDEN FOR WATER YESTERDAY. WHAT A PLEASURE TO SEE THEM BACK AGAIN AFTER A COUPLE OF YEARS' ABSENCE.
OW, OW, OW, OW, OW! THE ICE IS SOOO COLD ON MY BARE FEET!
A SMALL FLOCK OF RED CROSSBILLS DROPPED IN FOR A SHORT VISIT THIS MORNING
A MALE AND FEMALE RED CROSSBILL AT OUR POND IN THE BACK GARDEN
RED CROSSBILL BATHING BEAUTY
A STATELY LITTLE GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET ON THE FRONT PORCH RAIL
YESTERDAY WE ENJOYED A LITTLE VISIT BY A MACGILLVRAY'S WARBLER TO OUR POND
A RARE EVENT, A MACGILLVRAY'S WARBLER DROPPED IN FOR WATER AND A QUICK BATH
BATHING BEAUTY - A MACGILLVRAY'S WARBLER IN OUR BASALT BIRDBATH
READY, SET, GO! MACGILLVRAY'S WARBLER AT THE HIGH DIVE BY OUR POND!
A PASSING BIRD OR A SQUIRREL MUST HAVE PLANTED A SUNFLOWER SEED IN ONE OF THE POTS ON OUR DECK - WHAT A LOVELY GIFT!
CONEFLOWERS, THE BLOSSOM THAT KEEPS ON GIVING - TO THE HUMMINGBIRDS IN SUMMER AND TO THE CHICKADEES IN FALL WHEN THE BLOSSOM DRIES
CAN YOU TELL WE'RE ENJOYING THE HUMMINGBIRDS' ATTENTION TO THE NEW CROCOSMIAS IN OUR GARDEN?!
ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD ENJOYING ONE OF THE CROCOSMIA PLANTS
IF THAT DOESN'T BRIGHTEN YOUR DAY THEN NOTHING WILL!
WE ADDED SOME MORE HUMMINGBIRD BAIT TO THE SIDE GARDEN OVER THE WEEKEND - SOME FIERY RED CROSCOSMIA 'DIABOLITO' PLANTS
. . . AND THEY WERE QUICKLY WELCOMED BY AN ANNA'S HUMMER!
AGAIN . . .
AND YET AGAIN . . . .
WE ARE AS PLEASED WITH THIS NEW FLOWER AS IS THE HUMMER!
WE ARE ENJOYING THIS AS MUCH AS THE ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD!
HERE COMES THE SUN . . . SPOTTED TOWHEE PAUSING ON OUR OLD SCHOOL BELL ON THE FRONT PORCH
ONE OF THE RARE SURVIVING DOUGLAS SQUIRRELS TO VISIT SINCE THEY WERE REPLACED BY THE EASTERN GRAY SQUIRRELS IN OUR VILLAGE
LOOKS LIKE A COMMON EMERALD MOTH - WHAT DO YOU THINK?
OOPS, DID ANYONE HEAR A BIG 'BONG'?!
SPOTTED TOWHEE PERCHED ON OUR DOORBELL, AN OLD SCHOOL BELL
A CHICKADEE FLEDGLING CAME IN FOR A DIP AND A DRINK IN THE DUCKWEEK COVERED POND. IS THIS A BLACK-CAPPED, A CHESTNUT-BACKED OR IS IT A HYBRID OF BOTH??
THE SERVICEBERRIES ARE RIPENING AND A FINCH WAS THE 'EARLY BIRD' ON THE SCENE
ANOTHER SUMMER FLEDGLING, THIS TIME A RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, ENJOYING A BATH AND A DRINK ON ONE OF WATER BUBBLERS BY OUR POND
ONE OF THE COTTONTAIL RABBITS THAT WE'VE SEEN RECENTLY AND WHICH HAS (SO FAR!) ELUDED THE COYOTES, RACCOONS AND HAWKS THAT HUNT HERE IN THE VILLAGE
THE DOWNY WOODPECKER PAIR INTRODUCED THEIR NEW FLEDGLING TO US THIS WEEKEND . . .
A COUPLE OF WILSON'S WARBLERS DROPPED IN FOR WATER AND A QUICK BATH ON THEIR MIGRATION THROUGH THIS AREA
BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD CAUGHT IN THE ACT OF TAKING SUNFLOWER SEEDS FROM ONE OF OUR FEEDERS
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