Busy Birds

Howdee all,

The birds are busy with home making in Sickstas yard..

The resident Bluebirds have chosen the same nest box for the third year in a row.There is plenty of food hanging around for them…This resident Chickadee found some for himself..

Did you know Chickadees live in the moon?

Well they do…at least a pair of them do:)And the moon…Is Happier for it…A Brown-headed nuthatch checks out this old house…Wonder if he will entice a lady to this shanty?The Downy woodpeckers love Bark Butter…and leave the suet aloneMy feeders are happy with birds…

Can you see the happy face?We have had scads of Pine Siskin and American Goldfinch

A Ruby-throated hummingbird has been at my feeder, but prefers the tasty garden flowers.

The birds are returning~

I am eagerly awaiting the Blue and Rose breasted Grosbeaks, Indigo Buntings and any other bird that wants to come to Sickstas Garden…

Life is Birdie Good

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What's Blooming?

Howdee,

A few posts ago my Beachgirl Sicksta asked to see what's blooming in NC Sickstas garden, and to see the new Kitchen cabinets that her husband is putting in.

So here you go…BeachGirl..this is for you.

This photo taken thru the gate that Craigy made…

the front Garden..

Craigy likes to make hearts for NC Sicksta

The Dogwoods are in Full Bloom

Pansies have been blooming much of the winter..Sicksta Dell has a nice assortment of colors..These are very cool tulips…NC Sicksta is working and not here to ID these for me…I will add the ID when she gets home…This plant has some interesting flowers…

Sicksta Dell watering her plants..see the corner of the house…they gather rain water from the gutters…they use the it to water the  plants.

Sculptures in the side garden…Azaleas blooming in the background.

White-throated sparrows under the feeders…Dogwood in the Back GardenThe Pine Grove…back gardenFront garden looking toward the street…Looking up…trees just starting to bud and leaf out…Looking down…Jackie boy He's looking at this…

Anyone know what it is? 

I have more photos of it here…

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And last but not least…the beginning stages of new Kitchen cabinets..

Hope you enjoyed the tour of Sickstas Garden

Wordless Wings on Wednesday

Howdee all,

Its that Wordless day again…You know me…I have to say something…I will just say this…Sweet!

~Goodbye Emerald Eyes~

Howdee all,

We leave this RV park today and I must say Goodbye to my Peacock friends…

I was so fascinated by the males that I didn’t take any photos of the Peahens..sorry girls.

The Peafowl like hanging out high in the trees..

Check out this video of a Male Displaying~He's so handsome…but the girls could care less…

A young maleLook at the beautiful fluff on his rump..Goodbye Handsome…Keep strutting your stuff..

Enchant those peahens..

like you have enchanted me..…

 

Haiku -

Peacock Feather

Drops from a rainbow
Changed to an emerald eye
On Indian bird.
Paul Holmes

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Crossley ID guide ~Not for me!

Howdee all,

The Crossley ID guide to Eastern Birds

If you’re a birder you have read the hype..You may have read many of the reviews..

If you don’t already have a copy~you want to get your greedy little bird loving hands on it.

Well You can have it! I don’t want it!

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Let me clarify..before the whole birding community gets on my case…and people start hurling their Crossleys at me..Ouch..that would hurt!

I really do want a Crossley guide~I want to stare lovingly into those beautiful bird plates..and ponder each little bird photo..…I just don’t want the Book!

You see.. I live full time in 400 square feet of space. We try not to accumulate stuff. 

I don’t want that big monster of a book weighing down our Homey..…Did you ever see the movie the Long Long Trailer….Lucille Balls husband in the movie dumping off the rocks that she collected one by one from a loaded down trailer. See video at about six minutes. 

Yeah, I try to avoid that…

I am waiting patiently~~because

I want the Crossley app. for IPod and IPad..

I know many of you like Books…You want to be able to caress the book firmly in you hands and feel the weight of the book as you turn the pages and smell the print and kiss the cover....or something like that…:)

Well not me, I want and need to have all my books in one basket.  Simplicity works best for me. I might feel differently if I had a house with a wall of bookshelves….but I don’t.

I have a small IPod touch now..and will be getting an IPad in the future..they are my bookshelves…and I can carry my bookshelf with me wherever I go. I like that!

So~No..I don’t want the Crossley ID guide in book form…

I hope they make an app for that! :)

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Brown Pelican photo shoot

Howdee all,

Here in Florida the Brown Pelicans know where to hang out…

Your local fish cleaning station…Waiting for some easy fish to come in…

If anyone knows my wardrobe color scheme~they know I wear mostly Brown and Beige..so ..these birds remind me of my wardrobe..:)

  I Love the brown and beige colors of these pelican against the blue water.Look at that blob of cute…I had a great time shooting away…

Juvenile dirty brown all over with white belly, pale line along middle of underwing. Bill gray-brown. Yearling similar, but more gray on back and with some white feathers on sides of head and neck. Bill becomes paler and may have some yellow or orange.

Adult…

Adult Breeding
Plumage is primarily gray and brown, marked with a blackish belly, yellowish head, and chestnut or cinnamon brown nape and hindneck (Terres 1980; Farrand 1983; Harrison 1996).

Adult Non-breeding
Plumage is similar but duller to that of the adult coloration during the summer season (Farrand 1983; Harrison 1996).  The nape and hindneck are mostly white with occasional tinges of yellow. via Smithsonian research at Fort Pierce website

 

Both Sexes have the same coloration at each phase.Striking…colors of the adult..While the Browns of the juvies blend into a warm softness..

What color scheme is more attractive to you?The more dramatic yellows, brown-black and gray with the pop of red around the eye?

Or the warm brown tones of the young Pelicans?Take a look at both color schemes together…

Adult and Juvenile

I like them both..but I favor the warm browns..

Oh…..Have you seen those feet?

Big and webbed they hold up this large critter…I know..what your thinking just about now..…

Allot of Pelican photos!…

ha…

If you know me I am not one to easily weed photos …

Although, I really did take out lots..

Really I did .:)Juvi and AdultThis one looks like a painting…

Ok..humor me…

Yes..Dawn, it looks just like a painting!

Alligator? Nope..just the end of this awesome bill…

While looking at all these Brown beauties…

I noticed this fellow…

and what caught my attention was its feet…Quite different than the Black beautiful feet above…these are worn and gray and very old looking…cuts in the side of the leg…

And it was banded…I tried to capture all of the number…it looks like

1118- I couldn’t make out the number to call or where it was from…

I have been spending the morning googling to find out where to report the tagged bird…anyone out there know who to call?

Ok..that’s enough of Pelicans for now, I need to go back and get some shots of the pouch…these fellas were relaxing so they weren't showing off that famous pouch..more to come next photo shoot.. :)

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