Posted on 03/12/2016 5:43:38 AM PST by Islander7
I stopped by the lake on my way home from work yesterday for a little mental health break. Watching the activity of birds, turtles and other critters going about their business as they have for eons melts the work-a-day stress. All is well with the world. The bigger picture continues to unfold. My little problems are placed in their proper perspective; now for the weekend!
ENJOY!!
Glossy Ibis - Check out the colors in those feathers!
Sandhill crane checks her eggs before settling in for the night.
Whited winged dove. Male I think.
!!!!!
No pictures, but two items from a birder from way back.
1— Big thrill seeing flocks of Puffins floating in the water miles off the Maine coast.
2— On my first trip to China in ‘83, I looked forward to seeing my very first bird the first morning I went out. I had my binoculars and saw some movement in a tree, so focused in. And what was it? A pigeon!! Sigh.
Thank you! Birds are among my favorite photo subjects.
One of the reasons I love birds is because they are so dead-serious about their bird-lives. Birdwatchers learn something valuable every time they go out.
-JT
I’ve never thought of that, but that’s true. You never see birds goofing off or lazing around like dogs and cats or even people. They’re always really intense, always busy doing something whether it’s looking for food, or mates, or adversaries, or preening.
I’ve never thought of that, but that’s true. You never see birds goofing off or lazing around like dogs and cats or even people. They’re always really intense, always busy doing something whether it’s looking for food, or mates, or adversaries, or preening.
Sorry for the double post: My cat must have walked across the keyboard while I was at church.
bkmk
The birdies seem pretty self-absorbed but they (even if they don't think about it) are always in God's care.
Matthew 6:26
"Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?"
Matthew 10:29
"Are not two sparrows sold for a cent? And yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father."
On a related note, some bird (dark-eyed junco, very likely) started up his song about 4:00 a.m. this morning. I guess he was trying to cope with the switch to Daylight Saving Time. :)
That’s lovely. The singing is gearing-up around here now, too - mating season. They seem to always start on the same day that the tulip trees blossom :-)
-JT
Amen.
Delightful and sweet. Your bird posts are always uplifting.
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Done and thank you.
Lucky you. Yeah, they’re beautiful birds. But this time of year they sing 24 hours a day. Loudly. It can be quite obnoxious when one is in a tree outside your bedroom window at 2AM singing away as if it’s 2 in the afternoon.
We have bald eagles nesting at the National Arboretum in DC; they’ve had cams on them for about a month, and they think that hatching is imminent, perhaps today.
The website takes a couple of minutes to get into today, and freezes now and then - I think ‘the whole world is watching’ right now; but here it is:
http://www.eagles.org/dceaglecam/
-JT
What amazing color and clarity in those pictures!
I get so excited this time of the year, that my little beauties are on their way back north. YEEHAH!
That’s neat; I hadn’t seen it, but I’d seen something similar when we were last tracking a locust brood.
Ours generally show up about April 15, and stay until the middle of September. We’ve got the feeder out and ready; even though we live in an apartment in a busy suburb, we get loads of them every summer. The battles are epic, as they say ;-)
-JT
Soon I'll be heading to a nursery I frequent in NH to get my Gartenmeister Fuchsia bush. The hummies *love* it. I'm getting ready for them too!
My husband has wanted to try hand-feeding; it’s apparently not very difficult, with patience. Watch this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM8PyDbhOqs
and read this:
http://www.waynesthisandthat.com/hummerfinger.htm
You can buy the tiny feeders here:
https://www.wildbeaks.com/hum-button-handheld-hummingbird-feeder/?gclid=CLPl9-_Jw8sCFYY2gQodWEADPA
-JT
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