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I usually see the female ruby-throated hummingbirds at my feeders, so I was delighted when this male appeared and I was able to photograph his beautiful ruby red throat. Backyard bird.
"Chipping Sparrows are common across North America wherever trees are interspersed with grassy openings. Their loud, trilling songs are one of the most common sounds of spring woodlands and suburbs." Cornell
there's beauty and mystery within my own backyard, just like there's beauty and mystery within myself. i only need to open my heart and mind, and pay attention—with curiosity and kindness.
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The first brood of backyard bluebirds has fledged, and the youngsters are very hungry. This little beauty is sitting on top of the mealworm feeder, waiting for Dad to deliver some food. I took this shot through the window this morning as I was enjoying a late breakfast. The bluebird nest box is nearby, and the mealworm feeder is just a few steps away from the back porch, so I get an excellent view of their activities while I'm enjoying a meal. And I'm always so proud when I see the next generation of bluebirds being raised in my backyard.
Have not been able to photograph for too long. I managed to setup in the backyard and get some shots.
Kamp Abbey / Kamp-Lintdorf / North Rhine-Westphalia / Germany
Album of Germany (the west): www.flickr.com/photos/tabliniumcarlson/albums/72157713209...
Brown thrashers, like mockingbirds and gray catbirds are mimics, imitating song patterns and vocabulary of many other birds. They are a delight to listen to, often making it difficult to determine which of the three mimics you are listening to. Mockingbirds are year round residents in our backyard, but the thrashers and catbirds return in early spring to nest. Now that the thrashers have arrived in our backyard I should be seeing the catbirds any day now. Backyard bird.
Backyard Fawn
I always enjoy seeing deer bringing their fawns through my yard
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A famous Canadian photographer named Freeman Patterson once quipped that good photography was not a matter of the
distance you were willing to travel. Rather, it was about seeing what was around you. In his book he mentions that the majority of his work was taken less than a kilometer from his house.
“Seeing, in the finest and broadest sense, means using your senses, your intellect, and your emotions. It means encountering your subject matter with your whole being. It means looking beyond the labels of things and discovering the remarkable world around you.”
― Freeman Patterson
I confess I've been at war with 3 squirrels terrorizing my back yard. They were cute for awhile, frolicking with each other, but no more. They're climbing the stucco siding of my house to get to the bird seed feeder, hanging from the gutters, running speed contests on the roof. They broke my outdoor thermometer. They played Jungle Jim on a favorite plumeria till all the branches, flowers and leaves are busted off. Ethan counseled me to accept it - "winning is coping" he said. So, as long as they back off a bit and leave the seed feeder alone ... This afternoon my tree started raining little white somethings. Clearly, something was in the tree, defeathering or peeling I knew not what. I cracked open the patio glass door and knelt down to see squirrel on tree branch peeling a piece of fruit. I thought maybe oranges since I have an orange tree, but nope. I checked the peelings after it was gone - looked like maybe apple or jicama even. I should be happy it comes to my yard to enjoy what it stole from a neighbor, and it's supplementing its bird seed diet and uh branching out. And there are still moments of cuteness and laughter, like a couple of days ago when I was near the fence on a chair picking oranges. Squirrel hopped on fence from the other side and met me face to face. THAT was funny. It ran so fast on that fence it slipped a couple times trying to get away. I'm pretty sure it was squeaking obscenities at me too.
I rarely would see any eastern gray squirrels in my back yard until this winter when a family of three discovered the bird feeders and peanuts I provide for the wildlife. Now they visit on a regular basis and are pretty entertaining to watch and, of course, photograph! This photo was taken through my sunroom sliding glass door. These not so shy squirrels are often peeping in and scratching on the glass to get my attention for more peanuts. 😊
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