A little mountain bluebird right at home in a big blue world. Even when small part of it all.
Tag: wildlife photography
You guys…..
It was a cold snowy day just a week or two ago and it must have put the Junco’s in a foul mood that day as we watched numerous scuffles break out as they were scratching and foraging for a meal underneath an old spruce tree.
You guys….
Luckily the snow only lasted a couple of hours in the morning and just like magic the sun appears, the snow melted, and calmer heads prevailed.
Fuzzball
This little fuzzball is just learning to fly and hence spent a bit of time on the ground this day.
May
A new month begins with grass greening up and a fine looking Snowy Egret foraging away.
Wishing you all a great May and a wonderful weekend as well.
Like a submarine
One of our favorite little ducks is the Pied-billed Grebe.
Wonderfully described as “Part bird, part submarine, the Pied-billed Grebe is common across much of North America.”1
If you’ve ever spent time watching these guys I bet you’ve marveled at the ability of the Pied-billed to just sink out of sight like a diving submarine.
According to All About Birds:
This little grebe was quietly swimming along on a beautiful sunny morning in water reflecting the brilliant blue skies above.
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Avocet
Blue legs and sunshine on an early spring day. An American Avocet foraging in the shallow waters with cattails still brown from the summer before.
Monday Mourning
With snow still lingering in scattered spots and the landscape just deciding it’s O.K. to turn green butterflies are starting to spring up and brighten the day. One of the first is the beautiful Mourning Cloak which can always be found hanging out up at butterfly hill.
Wilsons Snipe
Spring grass and a beautiful bird. Who could ask for more.
When Spring Has Sprung
Alone in the marsh with last seasons cattails as his home a Yellow Headed Blackbird begins to establish territory and sing his wonderful Yellow Headed Blackbird song.
The sound of Yellow-headed Black bird is a sure sign that spring has sprung.
On the cattails
A week or two back we watched this Black-capped Chickadee mercilessly ripping apart these fluffy cattails near a riverbank close to home. We had heard that Chickadees sometimes use this fluff as material for their nests however this birds was discarding the wonderful fluff and letting it fly into the wind.
We figured they must be foraging for food. Perhaps Seeds?
This bird worked diligently but it was not seeds they were after. A small grub was their prize.
Happy Friday and wishing you a wonderful weekend.
nature has no boss 
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