"Hummy"

My wife decided to put up a hummingbird feeder or two in the backyard. She takes great delight in seeing them. This Ruby throated hummingbird guards the feeder like crazy mad. Others make valiant attempts to drink also...at their risk of being dive bombed.

House Wren Surprise

I believe that we are so blessed with a great variety of birds around our house. Never a day goes by without the morning greetings of our resident house wren. God is good to us in very simple yet powerful ways.

Bradford farm: April Spring

~Savannah Sparrow~
~ Red-winged Blackbird (m)~
~ Red-winged Blackbird (f)~
~ Lesser Yellowlegs~

It was a short but quite eventful time at Bradford Farms, MO. I managed to run across a Wilson's snipe; Eastern Osprey; Horned lark; American Golden Plover; Lesser Yellowlegs and loads of Red-winged Blackbirds. Praise goes to the Risen Lord Jesus!!

Spring Eastern Phoebe

My wife & I were greeted one sunny Saturday in April. His 'peculiar' call seemed to captivate our attention quite easily.

Winter surprises

Wild Turkey (Little Dixie CA)

Eastern Bluebird

I literally ran across these characters: Wild Turkey, nearby Little Dixie CA and the Bluebird family near one of several stone walk on-bridges saddling Stinson Creek.

Stinson Creek outing

Sharp-Shinned Hawk

Cedar Waxwing

Carolina Wren

It was a wonderful sunny winter day. I was surprised by the amount of berry bushes that lined Stinson Creek, near our house. Apparently, the cedar waxwings, starlings, American robins, white-throated sparrows and yellow-rumped warblers knew of this place beforehand. I added "Sharp Shinned Hawk" to my lifer list. I was elated to get some nice pics of the waxwings too. GOD IS SIMPLY BEYOND AMAZING WHEN IT COMES TO BIRD SONGS; COLORS....I see HIS fingerprints all over creation.

I encountered two new visitors to the Dixie feeder this morning. Overall I think me has a bird count of 27 species so far this fall. I like what I see and can't wait to become a 'Master Gardener'. Through this course I will be able to maximize the bird count via the green environment.