Animals

The birding begins

A bright red male cardinal stands on an earthen mound surrounded by scragly brush, looking for seeds.

I’m officially middle-aged. Since I put the bird feeder back up in the redbud tree (after a 6-month absence due to an infectious bird disease), I’ve been obsessed with all the little visitors to our front yard. So much so that I ordered a field guide to Indiana birds, and at the suggestion of someContinue reading “The birding begins”

Bird feeder failure

I was excited that our Eastern Redbuds were finally mature enough to hold a bird feeder. That is, until I received a lesson in birdseed security from this opportunistic squirrel. The feeder has since been moved to a less hospitable location in the tree. Snapped with my Galaxy S21U, edited with Lightroom preset.

Dakota pose

Preying Mantis

Tern Time

Flying Gull