nature tales and camera trails

Yesterday I decided to check out the local lagoon to see if there were  any Goldeneye , which I often find there.  Much to my surprise and...

Last evening my husband called to me. "There is a Robin looking in the window at me.  He didn't have to say , "Get your camera...

The interesting thing to me, about seeing a flock is  the delight in finding Red-winged Blackbirds mixed among them. The flocks are often ve...

And the beauty just keeps on coming.  I hadn't seen anything very remarkable and spring like today except for a large flighty flock of C...

This is the most amazing and wonderful time of year; each day this week I have found a different species that I haven't seen all...

I wasn't sure what I would post this morning, Common Grackles or Bluejays, that is until I looked out my window and saw Evening Grosbeak...

A frequent little visitor to our feeder area is this Downy Woodpecker and the main attraction is our peanut feeder. the Downy is present a...

"Oh Happy Day."  waking this morning to a mild temperature of +08 degrees Celsius I thought, " Yes , this is the day I find a...

I love finding returning ducks during March.  My first sighting ever in my own local area was of a Hooded Merganser on March 7th., 2007.  To...

We hadn't seen Pine Siskins in Bird Alley in over a year so I was delighted  to see one feeding at our Niger seed feeder on February ...

We haven't seen a large variety at our feeders this winter but we have seen numbers. Daily our nyger seed feeder has been attended by ...

It has been a good winter although a slow one in Bird Alley.  No Cardinals, no Redpolls, no Juncos , or Grosbeaks. We have had  a few Tree S...

A check in my flower bed this morning revealed this beautiful Pansy blossom in bloom! Yesterday morning it had been rimmed with frost! I ha...

Its that time of year again, late fall and Bird Alley is welcoming its usual fall visitors.  Yesterday I got out my bird list journal and st...

I haven't seen many caterpillars this past spring or summer so I was delighted yesterday to see this yellow fuzzy caterpillar near by my...