Super-Size it mom!

A trip to Pine Creek near Pennsylvania Grand Canyon

was a needed jane & barbi outing. It's so relaxing and
beautiful there.

Check out the blue sky

The tall mountains and the creek



Sitting by the creek and watching for what may come along

This Little Green Heron gave us a show

scratching his head

and flapping his wings

Looking across the creek at all the purple loosestrife
growing we also hear the 'shotgun' sounds of the Kingfisher

and saw him gliding above the water looking for his catch
of the day

He's a beauty

There were Great Blue Herons too

Standing stick straight as they always do

But the 'catch of the morning' so to speak was this King
bird who in mid air caught the biggest dragon fly

There was a a tree the storm had knocked down in the water
and he chose that site to wait

It didn't take long for baby 'King" to fly in

Mouth wide open...and mom tried to give him the
'super size' prize she has caught

If you click on the pictures you can see them in more
detail.... Now! Look at baby 'king' turn his head as if
to say.. "mom, that's too big"

Then mom has that OMG look on her face.. Kids!

They wanna eat but it has to be just the right size, maybe
I can break it in half on the branch..

Nope! no luck with that..

While baby 'king' cries she tries to figure it out

Getting tired of the game she decides to let
Jr. get his own breakfast

and..... she flies away and let him there keeping the
'super size' dragonfly for herself.

Stay tuned.... for the Eagle fun.. next post.

To God be the Glory ~~ Great Things He Hath Done

A Nice Little Surprise

When I saw this yellow bird streaking through the air I
couldn't believe my eyes. I have never ever seen a
Warbler of any kind in my yard.

He conveniently landed in my purple butterfly bush.

Too bad it was so far away, I had to crop these to death


Then he landed in the gravel on the driveway

confirming my guess that it was a Yellow Warbler.
Then I really got lucky and it came closer
and landed in a tree.

It was my lucky day for sure.

A Yellow Warbler and I didn't have to go out and find him.

To God be the Glory ~~ Great Things He Hath Done

Does anyone know?

The sun was bright and light was not the best for these
pictures but I needed to document this Hummingbird
behavior so someone can tell me....

What was this tiny bird doing?

I've never seen a hummingbird go to a pine tree

Is there sap she could be seeking?

Could it be a juvenile bird seeking nectar?

Maybe someone could shed some light on this
crazy bird's interaction

with a pine tree.

To God be the Glory ~~ Great Things He Hath Done

Relief from the Heat

You hear about all kinds of things happening when you

have a long stretch of heat and humidity...
Tempers flare and acts are committed
and birds ... well they act up too.

I was sitting in the yard watching this young Robin
in the bird bath when things started to go south.

I don't think I ever saw a Robin this drenched...If you click
on these pictures you can see the facial expressions...

Then Mom comes into the picture and starts screaming at
Jr. and as you can see Jr. yells back...and I envision the
conversation goes like this:

"What are you doing Jr."
"I'm hot! I'm coolin off in Jalynns bird bath..."

Mom says "Shut up and listen for a minute"

As mom gets a drink Jr clams right up and sits quietly

Ok.. I'm done it's your turn mom.

"I'll just wait over here"

Go ahead mom wade right in... refresssssshing!!

NOT!! I'm too hot to wait mom..
Look at the angel with the bunny laughing at these two

Hey ! Jr.!

"What did I tell you? no splashing!"

Kids! They don't listen for nothing... anymore

You didn't have to leave mom... I'm sorry but it is
really hot today..

(Did you ever see such a drenched rat I mean Robin?)


All is well that ends well and later I saw a parent scooping
grape jelly out of the cup and Jr. waiting

Then they fly to the birdbath and Jr. gets a drink
of water and a little kiss..

Make sure you check your temper in this heat...
or at least kiss and make up ..

To God be The Glory ~~ Great Things He Hath Done