Talk about small…we spent some time watching these little Bush Tits feeding and it seemed like the whole time they were either moving or hiding behind leaves of this shrub. Each time one would hop into view they would be gone before I could fire the shutter. Finally this guy came out and sat still for a few seconds in the open and I was able to get a photograph. I am glad I did because the photo allowed me to really see what I was seeing in those trees. Mackerricher state park, CA.
Just like clockwork an American Dipper shows up at the same spot in the same creek each year. It is always a pleasure to see the dipper bobbing up and down and foraging for food under rocks in the water. This year the water in the creek is a bit low so we have yet to see the dipper dive in and go for a swim. Amazing little birds and so fun to watch.
Clear Creek in Denver, CO.
With feathers just right to match her home in the fall cattails a little Marsh Wren peeks out from the edge of the pond.
It rained and it rained and it rained but this Gull just took it it in stride perched on a magnificent weathered log along the Northern California Coast.
For the next few weeks Christy and I will be presenting a handful of our favorite photos that have been previously posted on the blog as we enter the ever busy holiday season. Hope you enjoy them and have a happiest of holidays.
A few weeks ago and just a minute or two after remaking that there seemed to be no birds in the woods this particular afternoon, we came across this white breasted nuthatch doing his thing on an old cottonwood tree. Look like a nice meal is in the works.
Looking a bit on the grumpy side a Curved Bill Thrasher lets me know he is aware of my presence. Busted again.
A Stellar’s Jay enjoying a bit or morning sunlight in a lichen filled forest.
A familiar friend that is always there singing that Dee-de-dee on a Decembers morning walk.
Denver, CO
It was late summer and it sure looks looks like somebody was starting to grow up.
Just like that bit of peach fuzz on a teenage kid this male Downey Headed Woodpecker is just beginning to sprout those distinctive red feathers that makes a boy a man.
Late August in Denver, CO
Blue Bird, blue sky…can’t ask much more from a weekend day.
Hope you all are having a wonderful Saturday.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/California_Scrub-Jay/lifehistory
nature has no boss 
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