Wren update

I was surprised the new wren family chose this patched up box, but doubly surprised that they are feeding babies. I have not had any of my wrens nest this late. Usually by August they are gone.

These very small birds have many faces. I spend a lot of time watching them from my new swing in the yard. This pair is quiet compared to others I have had in the past

They always do this wing fan thing and little dance before they bring the food to the box.

Caught a big one this time!

It won't be long they will be gone and the yard will be quiet once again.

The babies are making a lot of noise so time is nearing for them to leave.
Hope I can catch that in pictures.Singing his heart out!! I'll leave you with that song.

Foal video... running & jumping

Horse and foal

I will depend on my expert equestrian friend Jan to tell me what kind of little horses these are. They are in a field below my dad's house and when I saw a foal I had to take some shots. He was having the time of his life running and jumping, just like the fawns do as you can see by the video.

My dad said he was only a few days old.

Here he is below sneaking alitle drink!

I hope you enjoyed seeing a different kind of baby.

The moon and sun

On Aug. 1 I was at a picnic up in the woods and saw the same moon bird girl saw... She took some amazing shots with her H-9. I used my H-2 and used a windowsill in the cabin for my tripod. They aren't crystal clear, but I got some clouds swirling around too. These cameras are amazing. Next time I will try sports mode.

Next morning I got the sun blazing through the trees in my yard.

There is a sun There is a moon
One comes up when one goes down
The moon says sleep and sometimes love
While the Sun says get up, work, get something done!

doe and fawn

When visiting dad I always have to do a 'deer run'
The pretty little doe was eating apples under a tree.

This doe was grazing under the trees by some grapevines..

And then her first fawn showed itself... ever watching

From behind another set of ears shows itself.

Maybe another night I will get the perfect picture of deer by the pond...
until then...
To God be the Glory, great things he hath done.

The Reunion

Ron, this post is for you. You said you keep looking for it!!
Enjoy!

Ron was the man in charge of the corn! and it was gooood.

This get together for the few members left of my mother's family was held at Constitution Park in Cumberland MD. It's a very old park and the one thing it reminds me of is the dances they had when I was in high school. I danced to Little Eva's 'locomotion' there. Does that date me or what?

Today I am here to picnic and hopefully catch a glimpse of some nature.
Our pavilion was located right near the duck pond and in the woods.

Tall trees and wondering paths and roads

I do not know the name of this butterfly, but it was quite lovely resting on the pebbles along the walk way. I was happy to get this shot for my window on nature.

Joe is my mother's oldest brother and the only immediate living member of the Bruner family.
seen here feeding the ducks.

Thank God for timers on cameras. allowed me to get this shot with me in the picture.

And! at the end of the day we were actually sitting at the picnic table talking about woodpeckers and discussing which ones were coming to the yard of Ron's parents... And someone said like that one right there, and I looked up and right beside us were two pileated woodpeckers. Until I got the camera and got a couple shots,they had flown further away, but I was thrilled to get a shot you could identify!

Made my day at Constitution Park. . . Almost as much fun as dancing to locomotion!!!
Dedicated to Ron Shipley... the corn man!

My Birthday Present

Ever since a tree fell on the house this past winter and damaged my old swing I have wanted a new one. I got it for my birthday! Now I sit in my yard and watch my 'window on nature' unfold. Here are a few happenings over the past week or so.

I caught sight of these two finches visiting one of my sunflowers

And, I'm always up for some 'wren fun' These little guys forage among the weeds, flowers, hostas, always on the ground for a juicy little treat for their young.

Caught in mid flight coming in for a landing. I salvaged this box from last winter. A downy woodpecker had hollowed out the hole and so I bought a fitting from tractor supply and made a new hole and taped it up. And low and behold they are now raising a family in there.

From my 'perfect perch' on the new swing I can look up and catch mom and dad flying in and out.I can also see my freshly planted black eyed Susan's in the front garden.
I love purple and yellow together.

I thought this was hilarious how I used the sports setting and got this bunny doing the 'bunny hop' through the yard!

If I look to the right I catch a shot of the infamous playhouse. It has it's own flower garden and a brick sidewalk along with it's own mailbox.

As it grows dark and I have to go in, I see the wren hiding in the forsythia with a little treat grasped in it's beak. For the new babies no doubt.

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I will leave you with a shot of my purple cone flower. Until the next time I sit upon the perfect perch and watch the yard.