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The Hummingbird is a Blur!
Yesterday I noticed a hummingbird hovering about the flower pots on our porch. I hurried to get my point and shoot camera and shot video, through a window as usual and it was getting a little late in the evening too, so light was low. Can I blame the bird for always looking like…
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After The Rain II
We were playing cribbage and Sena noticed a lot of birds out in the back yard—as well as the woodchuck again. We both grabbed the cameras and forgot about cribbage for a while. You have to gaze at the pictures long enough to see there’s more than one or two birds perching in various places.…
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The Garden After the Rain and Some Juggling
Sena got some video clips of the backyard garden. The woodchuck was out there but pretty much left her stuff alone. She caught a clip of what looks like a house finch as well. For some reason, possibly involving extraterrestrials, there was some guy juggling out there.
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Meet Mr. Slim Indigo!
Just like a few days ago, yesterday evening while we were playing cribbage, Sena spied a slim indigo bunting. This one flew right up to our window! It was probably not the same one we first saw. That guy was buff, likely because he’d been branch pressing in the gym. This character was slim and…
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Summertime Goldfinches!
Sena took video this morning of a pair of goldfinches having breakfast in our backyard garden. They were all about getting the seeds out of the thistle or knapweed, whatever that is out there. The female is harder to see, naturally, because of its muted coloration to make it less visible. The male is loudly…
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The Lone Turkey in Our Back Yard
We have this lone wild turkey who hangs out in Sena’s backyard garden. I’m going to refer to it using male pronouns because I think it’s a jake, which I think is proper lingo for young male turkeys. We saw 4 or 5 turkeys last year traipsing through the yard. I think the winter was…
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Spring Bloomers!
Yesterday we took our usual walk on the Terry Trueblood Trail. It’s customary as the seasons evolve for us to make sure everything is progressing as it should. It helps to make believe we’re in charge. It’s still spring and flowers are still blooming and birds are still nesting and nurturing new life. There are…
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Groundhog Great House!
How much round could a groundhog grind if a groundhog could grind ground and so could you call that grind ground round? Now that we’ve got that out of the way, let’s talk about the woodchucks in our back yard. By the way, woodchuck and groundhog are different names for the same big rodent that…
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The Demonic Robin Ignores Window Film!
This morning, we noticed the demonic robin flapping around our downstairs window well again. The window film doesn’t work, probably because it’s essentially clear and has a sort of light scattering pattern on it. So, Sena ordered a new film which is basic black. We’re hoping it eliminates refection, which we think is still the…
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The Window Hating Demonic Robin!
Now we’ve got a female robin who is pecking our window well window and even tearing up the screen. She can turn her head almost completely backward so I know she’s the window-hating, demonic robin from hell. She never pecks the window panes below the level of the well, which makes me believe this is…
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