Deer for scenic sunday

They are always a scenic sighting but not so easily sighted during hunting season. There were about 4 or 5 white-tailed deer feeding on a lawn in our community as I drove bt. The sun was shining directly in my eyes so I did not get many shots. Stay in town deer, Be safe!


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Porcupine for photo hunter

The theme for this week's photo hunter is a tough one; itchy. I looked through my mammal photo archives hoping to find a pic of some animal acratching, but I had no luck there. But I did come across this picture of a porcupine and he represented the idea of itchy to me. It looks scruffy and rough. Would you feel itchy if you were covered with spines like it is? Don't you feel itchy just looking at it?

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A Fallen tree branch

Looking out our window yesterday morning we saw this raw end of a huge branch of a neighboring pine tree. We had been experiencing heavy rains and strong winds a few days previous and the branch was very lengthy and heavy and it just broke off!
Sometimes this branch would reach out over our property. We are thankful that it did'nt fall on our fence, rather than being stretched out alongside it. Oh well, one less perching branch for visiting birds in Bird Alley.

Canadas on the move for Outdoor Wewdnesday

Its not to difficult these days to find a group of Canada Geese. Stopping off to feed on their annual journey south, their periodic stops creates some beautiful viewing and a photographic feast for my camera when I chance upon a flock.

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red geranium blossoms and memories for Ruby Tuesday

Binging summer inside is always part of my plan when digging up the geranium plants from our summer flower bed. I rescued two of them but left a third in our garden, for no particular reason. When our rains have stopped and it starts to dry a bit I will check to see if the third one is still surving in our flower bed. They are quite hardy plants and so I will not be surprised at how it is faring, although we have had some pretty heavy frosts last month. I transplanted this geranium in an old bean crock, although I would have preferred a large size stewed tomatoes can with the wrapper still on it. Maybe if the remaining plant is still surviving in the garden I will pot it in a tomato can. Why a tomato can? Early memories of my grandmother include seeing geraniums potted in tomato cans sitting on her kitchen window sill.The heat from her kitchen wood stove accompanied the setting for comfort on those long ago winter days when I would spend much time visiting with her in her home. The geraniums would become very tall and gangley at her windows, their beauty accented by the summer greens of Gram's wall paper of intertwining ivy wallpaper. I think that wallpaper pattern was always on Gram's kitchen wall. When the paper needed replacing, Gram always seemed to choose that same pattern over and over again.
Placing my potted geraniums at my window brings about constant memories of my Gram. (Myrtle Alice Nason)

editing note: I have checked on the third geranium in my flower bed. It is still thriving. tomorrow we will dig it up and pot it and set it at our window indoors where it will stay for the winter. Next summer it will be in our outdoors flower bed again.

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yellow rose buds for mellow yellow monday

Our yellow rose bush has several buds on it. Several weeks ago we had roses in bloom!. This seems late for our growing season. Roses in bloom in November?! Although it hasn't landed on the ground yet to stay we have had snow flurries in the air and some very heavy frosts. This rose bush is surprising us! It is quite new to us. We had bought and planted it just this summer. A picture of the buds in bloom, if and when they bloom is a promise for some other mellow, yellow Monday. At least it won't get thirsty as a heavy rainfall warning for today has been issued.

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Bird Alley Update #2

This little Song Sparrow is a daily regular and a bit of a favourite of mine. It was the first sparrow species that I learned to recognize. All is well, the day gets off to a good start if I see Song Sparrow from my window. Welcome little Bird Buddy!Another constant, regular visitor species are Black-capped Chickadees. I had forgotten to include this species on yesterday's Bird Alley roll call Update.
Thuis little Pine Siskin was a lovely unexpected surprise Thursday morning whn I saw it feeding with some American Goldfinch. The little yellow stripes on its wings signaled its id to me.
There was no problem identifying this female American Goldfinch, but its white rump and undertail was a bit of a surprise. I'm not sure what it regularly looks like, but the white feature on this bird seemed to be outstanding! There were many Goldfinch feeding in Bird Alley today,


This little Red-breasted Nuthatch has become somewhat of a regular outside our windows. It appears to have found a favourite feeding place at this bell suet feeder which is covered with black oiled sunflower seeds. Its a pretty cute little bird I think. Each day this the seasonal changes have brought new returning visitors to our feeders. We expect very heavy rains and winds for the next few days, so I wonder what changes or new visitors will present themselves. If you are a maritime viewer, keep dry and a good weekend to everyone.

Bird Alley Update

Bird Visitors are surprising me daily with their presence in Bird Alley. Yesterday was the sighting of s female Northern Cardinal! That was a surprise. for pictures please scroll down to yesterday's post or look up at the header of this blog for the female Cardinal's picture.. Also yesterday in the late afternoon we saw a White-throat ed Sparrow, it was too frisky scrstching in snd scattering leaves to get a good picture of it; We also have a Song Sparrow daily. I am eagerly awaitaing a Tree Sparrow to join in with its sparrow cousins. also in on the feeding action was a Red-breasted Nuthatch, They are always so delightful to see!. A big surprise yesterday afternoon was this female Evening Grosbeak!( see below) feeding on the ground below my viewing window. This grosbeak wasn't a total surprise as earlier in rhe week, on Tuesday we had a visit from three or more male Evening Grosbeaks.The males are the more colourful of the species with vibrant yellow colouring on their wings and their yellow forehead.
Continuing on a more colourful theme, this little male Downy Woodpecker drew in the red hues of its background and the red netting on the suet/ seed bell that it was getting such enjoyment feeding upon, creating a soft reddish hush to the lovely scene. show below.And in my bird alley roll call I can't forget the frequent presence of the little slate-coloured dark-eyed Juncos which are so prevalent every day. And of course I must make mention of the presence of the many BlueJays and Mourning Doves that drop by.
I am not sure what surprises Bird Alley will present to me today? I hope it is something spectacular. I must post this and hurry to my viewing window. Have a great day everyone.

female Cardinal for Outdoor Wednesday

I didn't have a pic for yesterday's meme Ruby Tuesday. I had considered going into my photo archives to find an older picture of a Cardinal. I guess a Cardinal was on my mind. What a surprise this morning to look out my window and see a beautiful female Northern Cardinal. Although it looks like it was having a bad hair day, it had the most beautiful red eyebrow. It was definitely a female!
This picture above shows the Cardinal (can you find her?) in a more rugged outdoorsy sort of shot. I like textures in photos.

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Yellow Legs for Mellow Yellow Monday

If you can't see the yellow colored legs too clearly. Please click on the pictures to enlarge them. These birds were at a fair distance and I have had to crop the photos to check out this distinctive colour characteristic of this large shore bird. These pictures were taken at Saint Rest Marsh at the Irving Nature Park on Oct. 29
I have always loved this yellow legs feature. This group is the first yellow legs we have seen this year.
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Canadas in the marsh for Camera Critters

Yesterday morning we took a walk along the boardwalk over the Saints Rest Marsh at the Irving Nature Park in Saint John , N.B. I could see something rather tall far ahead in the marsh grass and now and then I could see movement there. As we got closer we recognized the very identifiable white notch at thetop of the black glossy neck that is characteristic of a Canada Goose.
They looked very hsndsome there in the brownish marsh grass. As we approached and got nearer, the geese took off in flight across the marsh.This is the photoabove that I have used as a header. What lovely critters these geese were for my camera.and what a lovely location for a walk this boardwalk was.

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GreatBlue Heron for Weekend Reflections

Taking a stroll, this Great Blue Heron's photo and reflection, shown above, was captured this morning at Saints Rest Marsh a part of the he Irving Nature Park at Saint John, NB. We also saw a few Canada Geese lurking in the grasses there as well as a few Yellow Legs, the first of that species we've seen this year.

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autumn beauty for scenic sunday

Mount Pleasant, New Brunswick

Lake Utopia, New Brunswick

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A touch of orange for photo hunter

Tis the season for orange-leaved trees! It just keeps on getting better!

A drive by of an orange tree creating an orange colour blur!

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Red Blueberry fields for Ruby Tuesday

Yesterday we drove through woodlands along highway #785 and saw these beautiful red blueberry fields. The colour was dazzling on a bright sunny day. There was much beauty and colour everywhere. On our return home I just held my camera beside the window clicking on all the colour that I saw. The following picture captured a blur of red as we passed by.The woods in the distance, shown below, looked like an artists' working palette.

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please note: It is not the blueberries that were red, but rather the foilage on the plants that has turned colour with the season.

winfshield reflections for weekend reflections

parked overnight under our ltsll , very old maples, the windshield greeted me in the morning with this beautiful reflection of the red leaves from above..

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American Robin in shadow

An American Robin and red berries for Ruby Tuesday

An American Robin

Crash Landing?!

the Robin found the mountain ash berries, now to figure out how to reach them?

Ah ha! solution found! Just turn upside down !

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Evening Grosbeak for Mellow Yellow Monday

The breast of this female Evening Grosbesk is actually gray with a touch of yellow near its shoulders, but the bright early morning light really enhanced and enriched the yellowish tones. This is not a frequent bird sighting but this morning a small flock of Robins were feeding on our mountain ash berries and this female Evening Grosbeak joined in on the feast. It was a welcome sighting.

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