Early Spring Sightings

 3 Baby Robins 

 Snail or Slug ??  

I really don't know much about these :-)

 The Kiss

2 Eurasian-collared Doves

 House Finch Nest

This nest is located right outside the front door

in the Boston Fern.

 Female Cardinal

 Blue Jay Display

 Downy Woodpecker

We have 2 or 3 Downys visiting the suet

and 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker.

 5 House Finch Eggs

 Common Buckeye

A "lifer" for me :-))

 Red Admiral Butterfly

We have been inundated with Red Admiral

Butterflies.  They are a gorgeous butterfly.

I haven't been on here for a while for different reasons.  But, 

I am still taking photos whenever I can.  I'm looking forward

to catching up on reading your blogs.  

Happy Monday !! 

Robin's Eggs

 Huge Cottonwood tree leafing out against

a beautiful Spring sky!

Mrs. Robin, all cozy in her nest :-))

Spring Images

 Grape Hyacinth

This is the 3rd season for them.  I planted some

Daffodils last Fall...the greens popped up but

no blooms.

 Goldfinches

As you can see, they were getting a bit

aggressive.  We've been having a lot of rain 

and overcast skies here in SC Kansas.

This week we are seeing fewer Goldfinches 

at the feeders.  Did they go further North?

 Eurasian-collared Dove

There are a pair of these Doves feeding on

the back deck.

 

 I am wondering if this may be a 

Lesser Goldfinch?  We had one last year and

I heard they were rare for our area.

 We've had this different colored Junco all

Winter.  They sure are pretty!

 Pigeon-toed

Even though this is a Mourning Dove :-)

 Mourning Doves are enjoying the birdseed, too!

 Robins are building this nest right out in 

our front yard.  We weren't sure if this young

Paper Birch was going to make it through the

intense heat of last year.  Half of the leaves

fell off because of early 90 degree

heat.  We are seeing buds.  I hope we don't have a repeat of 

last Spring and Summer's heat.  If we do, we 

made need to purchase a swimming pool.

Spring Lilies

I hope everyone is having a great

Spring!! 

Still Enamored with Finches

Happy "Wordless Wednesday"

Lots of Finches

 Back on the 12th we got 6" of snow and lots

of American Goldfinches.  I know these photos are

kind of gray-ish but the sweet Goldfinches gave a

burst of cheery color to an overcast day.

We are back in the 50's and 1 hail storm since.

I didn't dodge the flu bullet so I'm working on getting

my energy back.  I've sure enjoyed reading

everyone's blogs :-)

Spring Birds are Arriving

 Cardinal

 House Finch

 Harris's Sparrows

 Collage of backyard birds

American Goldfinches

We noticed Goldfinches on the deck and we weren't prepared

at all.  Well, hubby went and bought some Nyjer Thistle

and filled the feeder.  It has been full of finches ever since.  

We haven't seen any Pine Siskins yet.  The House Finches and

Robins arrived about the same time.  I took all but one of these photos

through the window.  I captured the pic of the Mockingbird

while out on my walk.  He sits in the same bush, so I brought my

camera and captured the shot.  He's a big, juicy, fat one :-)

Happy Wednesday Everyone!!

Mosaic Maker

I'm experimenting with "Big Huge Labs" website.

One of the blogs I follow has her pictures arranged

in mosaic format, 4 panels, 3 pics, etc.  She posted 

a tutorial...and it works.  I linked to my flickr account 

for the photos I'm using above.

Here is a link to her blog and the tutorial:

http://dearlittleredhouse.blogspot.com/2009/07/making-photo-mosaics-tutorial.html