nature tales and camera trails

We have had three species of sparrows feeding recently in Bird Alley. The white-throated Sparrow is a daily visitor and is often the first a...

I was very pleased to read this week that there is an expected influx of winter finches in my area and so on the day of my reading that inf...

Earlier one day this week while driving over Ghost Hill I saw a regular sized adult brown deer and a much smaller piebald one cross the high...

Our first snow earlier last week was the prompt that signaled the Robins in our area that the berries ( Mountain Ash and Ornamenta ...

Hmmm, the post title might seem misleading  and you are looking for a sandpiper with spots! but, not so in this case as this is an adult n...

I have been waiting for a Sapsucker to arrive all summer , but one didn't arrive until yesterday!  The red on its throat was not very...

I have named this handsome stray cat that visits in Bird Alley, “Butterfly ”, and I’m sure you can understand my naming choice when you look...

Earlier this summer I suffered a dearth of Great Blue Heron sighting and lately I seem to be seeing them often!  They are such a beau...

At this time of year I go out hoping to find ducks.  I found two yesterday and so intent was I on getting their pictures that I failed to se...

Great B lue Heron seem to be scarce this summer.  This is the only picture of a Great Blue Heron that I have been able to get a picture o...

Earlier this week I was watching several hummingbirds feeding at our feeders.  I knew a few of the birds must be newly hatched this year as ...

Just a visual recap of our new Monarch that emerged from its chrysalis yesterday. We had found he caterpillar on July 24th, and we brought i...

It has been nine days now since the Monarch Butterfly Caterpillar has been in its chrysalis. This morning I was able to see a bit of colo...

I often find foxes at the lagoon area of my community.  One morning this week I had found two ! The goldenrod in the background date...

On Monday, July 30th I found another Monarch Butterfly caterpillar.  It was much bigger than the previous one that I had had, which is now i...

In the fall of 2017 a group of five Wild Turkeys were seen around my community, And then they were seen again in the spring, so apparently t...

I had just arrived back home from my morning drive looking for birds or wildlife to photograph when upon getting out of my car I spied th...

On July the 24th, 2018 my husband found this monarch butterfly caterpillar on the leaf of a milkweed plant at Three Tree Creek. We had a sm...

I was very disappointed this spring, summer as I had not seen any baby geese or ducks.  I was especially anticipating seeing those sweet, li...

Sometimes when I see something unusual and fascinating I must learn to take a picture first, no matter how far or distant it is, no matter o...