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I thought I’d try to do something a little different…
Here are the flowers that sprouted up this April. I’ve been wanting to do this for awhile to organize in my own mind what will sprout up when. I’m quite sure I did not get them all but this is what I did get. May will [...]
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Tags: Arrowleaf Balsamroot, ballhead waterleaf, Bisbee Mountain, Bonneville shooting star, bulbiferous prairie-star, bulbous woodland star, Claytonia lanceolata, Claytonia sibirica, Collinsia parviflora, Dodecatheon conjugens, Draba verna, eastern washington wildflowers, Fritillaria pudica, hydrophyllum capitatum, Kettle Falls, Kettle Falls Washington, Lanceleaf Springbeauty, Lithophragma glabrum, Local Wildflowers, maiden blue eyed Mary, Orient Washington, Phlox gracilis, pioneer violet, Siberian springbeauty, slender phlox, Small-flowered blue-eyed Mary, spring draba, Spring Whitlow-grass, Viola glabella, Washington, Washington State, wildflower, Wildflowers, wool breeches, yellow bells, yellow fritillary, yellow missionbells
Thought I’d toss up a couple shots of our most recent guests.
male & female calliope hummingbirds (Stellula calliope)
Black-Chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri)
To all good Mom’s out there Happy Mother’s Day!
Footnote: I’d like to say upfront I did not handle any of the birds here nor did I photo-shop – I just fed them. If [...]
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Tags: Archilochus alexandri, Black-chinned hummingbird, calliope hummingbird, calliope hummingbirds, female calliope hummingbird, Stellula calliope
A Chickadee vs. Clean Glass
Okay quick and true story….. I’ll subtitle it; “The Rural Conundrum: Clean Windows to See the Neat View or Dirty Windows to Prolong the Life of Wild Birds?”
Yep, I heard that light thunk near my kitchen window and just knew a bird had slammed into it. With all the bird food I put out I [...]
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Tags: Bird Watching, Birds, black-capped chickadee, Kettle Falls, Kettle Falls Washington, orient, poecile atricapillus, Rural
mini spring post
A few “in the field” macro shots of various things..
At the moment I’m not as good as identifying algae and fungi so I’ll leave the titles out. I’d embarrass myself making a feeble attempt. Anyone who knows names and wants to ID these guys. I’ll happily rewrite this and post it for all to see.
the [...]
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Tags: Bisbee Mountain, Environment, Kettle Falls, Kettle Falls Washington, Nature, Orient Washington, Ranunculus eschscholtzii, Rural, Snow Buttercup
testing the new lens…
this spring I intend to walk through the forest and attempt to utilize my new lens… i will say nothing but shoot up a couple of shots I liked. I felt obligated to test it before I could start taking shots of local flora….
the most recent birds will come but for now I’m just trying [...]
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Tags: flowers, macro, photography
I did not need the reminder that spring was six weeks away…. I found that even when Phil states that we are having an early spring it has no bearing on my life; the dramatic claim does little in terms of thawing ice and snow …. at this point I just sing Christmas carols to [...]
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Tags: Bucephala clangula, Common Goldeneye, Dark Eye'd Junco, Downy Woodpecker, Junco hyemalis, Picoides pubescens, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Sitta canadensis
It all began with a comment….
…from an unsuspecting Oregonian. The comment is the only way I can explain my long absence. Years ago my sister lived in Oregon and we used to kind of pick on Oregon a bit. We giggled about what the anchors on television looked like and found they looked so similar in Seattle. We laughed that [...]
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slight pause
hopefully no one is offended… recently i got tendinitis of the right elbow which has caused a lag in my writing. (The primary goal of letting you know I’m fine things are good I’m just having a difficulty in typing.)
Blessings to you and yours.
p.s. I have a lot of photos… I’ll just have to catch [...]
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Mom’s Day Bird Bath….
My husband was so generous for mother’s day (and thus I need good idea’s for Dad’s day.) One gift that the birds really seem to enjoy (a lot!) is the birdbath. So I thought I’d just toss up a photo shoot of them bathing. I set up my blind right next to it so I [...]
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Tags: Bird Watching, Black-headed Grosbeak, Cassins Finch, Crossbills, Grosbeak, juvenile red crossbill, Kettle Falls Washington, Local Birds, Orient Washington, Red Crossbills, rufous hummingbird
Dreams and Wildflowers
True story; No matter how hard I tried I could not find the identity of this flower. It came into bloom about two weeks ago and I faithfully took shot after shot of it. However… posting it was another story because I just could not find the species. I woke up this morning and I [...]
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Tags: Wildflowers, Red Squirrel, Local Wildflowers, butterfly, Phacelia hastata, silver-leaf phacelia, white-leaf phacelia, phacelia, blue butterfly, Holboell's rockcress, Arabis holboellii, rockcress, Ribes viscosissimum var. viscosissimum, Sticky Currant
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