A Barred Owl

I saw something on a branch in the woods today.

It was about the color of the squirrels,

but seemed to big for a squirrel.

 

 

 

I ran in for my camera,

which when zoomed in is better than binoculars.

And what do you know,

that brown, fuzzy ball had "eyes."

 

 

Isn't he awesome!

I hear owls often talking back and forth,

but the last time I saw one like him

was about 45 years ago,

just shortly after we moved into our house.

 

 

This guy seemed a bit tired.

Maybe he was up too late last night.

However, I did notice

from the branch he was sitting on

he had a clear view of all my bird feeders on

both of my porches as well as

all the little chipmunks

that run around underneath them.

 

It was interesting to watch how he could

swivel his head around without moving

the rest of his body.

 

 



He can look backwards

while his body is still sitting forwards.

 

He finally did seem to look my way,

 

 

 

but wasn't concerned enough

to not doze off once again,

or maybe he was watching something

down below him.

 

 

 

Here is a short video.  I finally made some noise

so he would look towards me.

 

 

The best picture though, I missed.

I had called my husband out to see him.

After a while he jumped up to the

other side of the branch,

took one long look over his shoulder at us,

and flew off to a higher tree.

 

I hope I don't have to wait

another 45 years to see

a Barred Owl once again.

 



Just a Touch of Yellow

Finally a Warbler - A Yellow-Throated Warbler!

 

 

He's a fast moving little guy, and doesn't stay in one place very long.

I usually only see him for a few days in the Spring.

 

 

Some other splashes of yellow around our yard and woods.

 

Oh, oh, are you looking at me?

The other afternoon when I sprinkled some birdseed on my deck

to attract the Yellow-Throated Warbler,

this little one gobbled up all the seeds before the bird returned.

 

I almost missed this "touch of yellow."

It was only after I made the picture larger in my camera

that I realized it was a Pine Siskin.

 

 

May God Bless you All

 

With a Joyful Day!

 

 

New Spring Clothes

While our Spring flowers

seem to be refusing to pop open,

this little Goldfinch

is starting to get his New Spring Outfit.

 

 



Wishing You a Blessed Easter

 

 

 

from the "Revelation Song"

 

Holy, Holy, Holy

is the Lord God Almighty

Who was and is and is to come.

With all creation I sing

praise to the King of kings.

You are my everything

and I will adore You.



Saying "Goodby" to Winter

Here it is, the first day of Spring,

and I have yet to post any of my Winter birds.

 

The Yellow-shafted Northern Flicker is a bird

I do not see very often.  Usually it feeds on the ground,

but this winter it came to my feeders on my deck.

You can see the yellow under his tail.

 

 The Flicker can really blend into the bark of a tree.

 

Another bird I hear but don't see up close very often

is the Pilated Woodpecker.

 

 

The Tufted Titmouse are regulars year around.

I love seeing them in the Winter all puffed up to keep warm.

 




Opps!  I Missed Him.

The Downy and the Hairy Woodpeckers are regulars also.

Sometimes they wait patiently to take their turn at the suet.

 

 

The larger Hairy is waiting on the little Downy.

Well, maybe not too patiently...

 Another bird we see only in the Winter

is the little Snowbird--the Dark-eyed Junco.

The Goldfinch add a flash of color no matter what the season.

 

 

The Nuthatch and the House Finch

anxiously getting some food

on a Blustery Day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Baby, It's Cold Outside.

 

And what would Winter be

without our

Pesky Squirrels?

 

 

"I've learned to do this like the Woodpeckers!"

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And Last but Not Least

this sweet little Carolina Wren.

I don't usually see them in the Winter,

but there it was searching for food in the snow.