This photo of a cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) was a bit under exposed. They like an oak tree behind my wife's quilt shop and were showing up there late afternoon. Maybe because they can see the berries at the edge of the surrounding forest. Hmmm ... I could almost past this off as a watercolor.
You know, the photographs that I post here are not quite a vivid as the same photographs that I post at my pixel's gallery, because here, I reduce the size of the photos and usually make a slight reduction in the quality of the photos to make them easier to load.
This tufted titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) found the perfect spot to stop and open a sunflower seed. I have no doubts that, that is what it is doing in the picture even though the sunflower seed is hidden behind a branch and feet.
I don't post all of the photos that I post here to my Pixels gallery, but I post the photos I like best. Some don't make the cut. I most likely will post this one to the gallery. usually wait a couple of days to see how I feel about it then.
Hurray, it's Hump Day. Hmmm ... I haven't seen that commercial, in a while, you know, the one with the camel strolling through an office yelling that it is Hump Day. I can't quite recall what the commercial was for ... an insurance company, perhaps GEICO.
I splurged and rented the movie Abigail last night. It is one that I've been anticipating and wanting to see, and I wasn't disappointed. If you like a good horror movie, I recommend it. There is a little bit of gore and also subtle humor spread throughout the movie. I give the movie a five-vulture rating.
“Wendy? Darling? Light, of my life. I'm not gonna hurt ya. I'm just going to bash your brains in.” - Stephen King, The Shining
Walking Down the Street One Day, In the Very Merry Month of May.
I was tickled watching this downy woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) walk across this branch like it was a sidewalk.
"In winter Downy Woodpeckers are frequent members of mixed species flocks. Advantages of flocking include having to spend less time watching out for predators and better luck finding food from having other birds around." - allaboutbirds.org
Here, a female brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater) seemingly raises one wing to answer the question. Or say "let me. let me." Brown-headed cowbirds are brood parasites and do lay their eggs in the nests of other species of birds.
Go there and take a look. Prints are for sale along with other doodads and I suppose it is kind of a business for me. But it's the kind of business where I don't care whether I sale anything or not. If you want something, by all means you are welcome to make a purchase. But I just want you to visit and maybe mark your favorites or leave a comment. Cheers 😄
I heard a story, the colony that herons gather to breed is called "heron forest." Just before taking this photo, there were many more herons, and I was so excited that this was truly a "heron forest." So I finished shooting and headed home. Looking closely at the photo I had taken, it seemed like there were more cormorants than herons...?
Anyway, I have often seen cormorants, great egrets, and grey herons hunting fish together in the river. And although they merely have their share of scuffles, they seem to get along well. However, I never imagined they would be so friendly that they would form a colony in the same place and breed.