Archive for May, 2009
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 […]
Filed under: Uncategorized | 8 Comments
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 […]
Filed under: Bird Watching, Local Birds, Pacific Northwest, Photograhy, Uncategorized | 2 Comments
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 […]
Filed under: Bird Watching, Local Birds, Pacific Northwest, Photograhy, Uncategorized | 7 Comments
Tags: Bird Watching, Birds, black-capped chickadee, Kettle Falls, Kettle Falls Washington, orient, poecile atricapillus, Rural
Random Musings 