Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)

This image was taken last year. I'm waiting for them to show up .. they should be here any day now ... YaY

Happy Squirrel

He was over in the old corn field trying to find himself something to eat. He got the corn and came racing across the field, climbed the pole and sat there and ate it :o)

I'm gonna have to buy this little guy a pair of pants ... he is always running around the neighborhood showing off his "manhood". Yeah, he's a proud little dude!

Snakes Snakes and more Snakes!!

Last month I went to Dolan's Lake to see if any geese or ducks were there but didn't find any. What I did find was a ton of SNAKES! Everywhere I looked there were snakes. They were in the water, out of the water and in the trees! It was kinda scary after I realized they were all around me ...... eeeeeek! I took some shots and made a quick exit :o)

UPDATE: These snakes have been identified as Midland Water Snakes (Nerodia sipedon pleuralis) Thanks everyone for the emails and helping me with the identification!

Pretty Female Cardinal

The Beauty of Red (Northern Cardinal)

You must look at this image in a larger size. I threw some BOSS on the table so the Cardinals would be shielded from the strong cold wind while they were eating. This guy was the first one to check it out so I decided to take a shot of him. Just look at that little pink tongue :o) He is a true beauty!

Ruffled Feathers

The little birds were having a hell of a time flying and hanging on the the branches today. Wind Wind and more Wind! A cold "chill you to the bone" type of wind. A lot of ruffled feathers out there. The Cardinals and the Bluejays were wild and wicked looking :o) It managed to snow a bit and then the wind blew it all away. I'm beginning to think this will be the winter of NO SNOW.

I posted a couple of the male Cardinal on my other blog :o) HERE

Northern Cardinal (female & male)

The male and female Northern Cardinal are two of the prettiest birds in North America. They know when I'm going to bring the food out and they are waiting. I lost some of my Cardinals when they cut down the big tree in my front yard but they are starting to come back. I have around 20-25 of them eating at the feeders right before daylight and right before sundown. They look so beautiful in the late evening sun. They are the prettiest when sitting in snow covered trees but as luck would have it, we haven't had any snow this year!


Check out the Snow Geese photos on my other blog The Nature of Things

Chickadee-dee-dee

There are four little Chickadees that stay at the feeders all day long grabbing the sunflower seeds. They are busy little "dees". This shot was taken today and you can see the rest of the Chickadee images in my Picasa Web Albums

House Finch (female)

She isn't colorful but she is certainly a little cutie!

Downy Woodpecker (male)

This Downy Woodpecker has become a regular at the feeders. He comes several times a day to grab a peanut! The female Downy has started coming over also but not as much as the male. Hopefully, she will become a more frequent visitor along with her mate :o) He finally saw me in the window and took off! He will be back soon!

The Fox and the Coyote

I've been watching this fox for a long time. He finally got brave enough to come and stand across the road. I had the camera on the tripod at the bedroom window so I managed to get several good shots of him. He stayed for awhile and then took off for the creek. About 20 minutes later I saw him shoot out of the trees like a streak of lightning .... he ran across two open fields then he was out of sight. About 5 minutes after that a Coyote came running out of the woods in the same spot as the fox so my guess would be that the Coyote scared the crap out of the little fox :o)

Deer at the Lake

We saw these deer at Dolan's Lake last Sunday.

Barn Swallows

The baby Barn Swallows are almost ready to leave the nest! I have been watching them each day and I think today is the DAY!! Sure doesn't take them long to mature ..... they just had tiny tuffs of feathers 6 days ago. Now they are fully "feathered" and standing on the side of the nest anxious to fly!

Four days until my Flickr Pro account expires. Still haven't made up my mind about renewing the account. Supporting a site that openly displays porn on public pages is not my thing! Flickr ......... you should clean up your act or quit advertising your site as "family oriented". Shame on you, Flickr!!

Cedar Waxwing

I found a couple of these birds the last time I went to Dolan's Lake. I think they are one of the most beautiful birds in North America. I don't see them often though.

 

American Robin

The Creek "Deer"

There is a big field across from my place and a little creek runs through the middle of the field. I was standing outside the other evening, taking some shots of little rabbits playing in the field and eating the new little soybean plants, and I just happened to glance over towards the creek and there she stood! She knew I was watching her and she made an attempt to go back across the creek but she didn't. Too my surprise she walked on down the creek and then turned around and came back to this same spot. Of course she kept her eye on me the whole time. The sun was sinking fast and most of the photos didn't turn out like I would have hoped but this one is half way decent.

Chipping Sparrow

Two of these cute little "Chippers" appeared at my feeder yesterday and stayed all day. I haven't seen one of these in a long time! They haven't been here at all today :(

He's on a "Sugar High Flight"

He's on a "Sugar High Flight"
Originally uploaded by Digital Gurl.

It's gotta be a TOOTSIE ROLL :o)

A little sparrow enjoying the sunflower seeds.

ShutterFreak Photo