Mama bunny has been hanging out in our yard lately, isn’t she lovely? I’ve wondered where she might be nesting. I found out yesterday while I was mowing the lawn. I startled a baby bunny foo foo, and quickly got the mower out of his way and directed him back to his wittew bitty bunny hole. He’s so cuuuuute! Oh we were all girly about it over here, gushy over the fuzzy sweet little baby bunny! Awwwwww… now don’t you want to see him? Yes, I know you do.

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Random image from my camera memory this morning, this house finch is feeding a bit of apple to his partner. It looked at first like he was feeding a youngin’, until she hopped around and got her own food – then they flew off. The lighting made it a bit like an intimate romantic lunch or something.

Survey says:
Some people are really grossed out right now.
Some people have an insane desire to start peelin’!
Some people are wondering if I’ll ever remember to put sunscreen on before I go out.

What say you?

New to our yard, this is a Red Breasted Grosbeak (identified through BDI). They’re a part of the cardinal family, have really awesome markings – and are highly skittish! I hope he returns and gets more comfortable so I can watch him feed and get some better images of him. What a neat bird !

Of course, I have more pics of our “regulars” to share. The Red Bellied Woodpecker spent a lot of time here yesterday and I got to hear him chat with a Grackle about who should be eating on our feeder. The Grackle won (grrr) and the Woodpecker told him off from a safe distance. He sounds a bit like you’d imagine a Whippoorwill sounds when he’s chatty. A couple more images of him, and of course another House Finch , because they rock my eyeballs!

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This is along the side, I added river rock and a couple of roses. (There are five rosebushes there, you just can’t really see ’em yet!)

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Guess what I’m going to be when I grow up? (heres a hint)

This is a Northern Flicker – he’s been making quite the ruckus around our trees lately.

I really paid attention to him the other day while I was out washing my car. I heard this monkey like call in the trees and stopped to try to find the source. I couldn’t, obviously he blends in pretty well with the tree bark and they stay pretty well hidden. I heard him again later and he was loud. I caught a glimpse of him on the tree in my neighbors yard, and then tried to identify him by his chirping and what little I saw of him before he flew off.

He’s got a mate, they call back and forth to one another. This morning he was really loud again so I knew he was nearby, and I snuck outside barefoot in my pajamas and got a couple of pics before he saw me. I applied a couple of filters to make him stand out a bit more. He’s a big bird – I’d say he’s about 12 inches.