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for these little critters that have to deal with the cold... I filled this feeder up twice today which made the squirrels and birds happy....
The wind was terrible and still is.... now I can't get a decent shot from inside the house with all the snow and ice stuck to the window....
shot through my sun-room window....
One of the loudest and most colorful birds of eastern back yards and woodlots, the Blue Jay is unmistakable. Intelligent and adaptable, it may feed on almost anything, and it is quick to take advantage of bird feeders. Besides their raucous jay! jay! calls, Blue Jays make a variety of musical sounds, and they can do a remarkable imitation of the scream of a Red-shouldered Hawk. Not always conspicuous, they slip furtively through the trees when tending their own nest or going to rob the nest of another bird.
I wonder who got to raise this guy!!!
The Brown-headed Cowbird is a stocky blackbird with a fascinating approach to raising its young. Females forgo building nests and instead put all their energy into producing eggs, sometimes more than three dozen a summer. These they lay in the nests of other birds, abandoning their young to foster parents, usually at the expense of at least some of the host’s own chicks. Once confined to the open grasslands of middle North America, cowbirds have surged in numbers and range as humans built towns and cleared woods.
FYI: I was just told this from a wildlife group...
leaving out globs of peanut butter risks them choking. spread it real nice and thin or stick with raw whole peanuts. rodents can't vomit so certain foods are more dangerous than others (also why poisons work so well on them).
From now on I will definitely spread it thin...
I wish I could take them all inside.... it's so windy, they had a hard time flying.... but I have since cleared the feeders and put lots of seeds and crackers out for them....
Yesterday this image appeared twice in my gallery... so I removed one... and with that, it removed both and even in my squirrel album.... and also the lovely comments I had gotten when I first posted it...
so this is a replacement...
The twinkle happened from shooting through my window and screen!
This poor frog was trying to stay very still so I wouldn't see him and the fly took advantage of the situation by land on him to taunt him.
I found folders full of images I never posted from this wonderful aquarium, butterfly house and zoo....
Thank you for your visit and I hope you like these images as much as I enjoyed going there...
And if you ever find yourself on Long Island.... this is a must see!!
I found folders full of images I never posted from this wonderful aquarium, butterfly house and zoo....
Thank you for your visit and I hope you like these images as much as I enjoyed going there...
And if you ever find yourself on Long Island.... this is a must see!!
Kauai is called the Garden Island and home to thousands of wild chickens.... here a just some I took 5 years ago and wanted to get them out of my folder...
Hope you enjoy and thank you for your faves!!
.....wish I could go back!!