Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Winter 2009 has arrived and so has a Predator!

Our Predator of the day was a swift Cooper's Hawk that found a chubby sparrow to use as a snack. I was at the computer and her the wings flapping just in time to look up and see the hawk grab the sparrow in mid-flight and head up into the tree. As I got my camera the Hawk decided to find a more stable place to use as it's table. The first picture is after he had devoured the sparrow and was then inspecting a nest in the same tree. You have to look carefully to see the hawk and the nest.





















Winter or not this Northern Cardinal found the comfort of the feeder away from the wind to chow down before bedtime.

This beautiful Nuthatch appeared at the feeder and posed for this picture.

Pesky as the squirrels are, they are in-genius in finding ways to get to nuts. This one would leap about six feet from a fence post to land on the baffle and grab the hanging nut holder to keep from falling to the ground. Then it did all kinds of contortions to feed from the nut holder.

Wednesday, September 30, 2009



Cardinal and a sparrow chowing down.



Beautiful cardinal with a ruffled comb.






A prim female Rose-Breasted Grossbeak



Male Downy Woodpecker having at the nuts.


I had to whittle this hole a little bigger to fit in here, but it serves me fine now.



A fine spot I have picked for this cool fall. What a view!



What is that over there?



This is a nice neighborhood.



Wow, what a nice roof!

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Mom and offspring feeding at the nuts

This is a video form August 2009 in which I was able to catch a Red Bellied Woodpecker that frequents the neighborhood feeding one of its offspring. In an earlier post you were able to see the offspring eating alone at the nut feeder.

Monday, September 14, 2009

The Deck is coming soon!

The first picture gives you and idea of what the pre-deck area looked like. Then the progress thus far with about 2/3 of the flooring installed and still to come the railings and ramps to allow Jane to more easily access the back yard with her scooter.
















Saturday, September 12, 2009

Drive out and around Evergreen Lake - Comlara Park

Before the drive I captured a picture of an immature red bellied woodpecker