Thursday, May 29, 2008

ADAM'S FAMILY PET BIRD

I am not sure whether this bird belongs on the Adam's Family show or the Monster's, but he has taken up residence in our back yard on the log pile! Notice his feet on the dead branch.

COCK-A-DOODLE DO

Henny Penny never looked so good! She is the talk of the barn yard struting around in her beautiful zebra striped coat!

CORN ON THE COB "ANYBIRDIE?"

This Blue Jay made off with a mouthfull of corn. I took this picture because I liked the color contrast between the Blue Jay and the bright yellow corn.

SAYING GRACE

This adorable little chipmonk paused to say "grace" before eating his meal!

Sunday, May 25, 2008

FIELD OF BUCKS


My husband and I were out for a Sunday drive when as luck would have it we spotted a field of bucks! There were five bucks altogether, but I could only get three of them in my view finder for this shot. They are standing in a field of wild mustard.

Thursday, May 22, 2008

SHEEPISH GRIN

I was visiting Lincoln Log Cabin State Park today with my mom and my sister. There were lots of things to take pictures of. I saw this handsom "wooly" sheep and he seemed to be smiling at me when I took his picture!

FEMALE GROSBEAK

I didn't know what this bird was at first. I looked it up in my bird book and was pleasently surprised to find out it was a female grosbeak! It loves to eat the suet at our feeder but has a hard time getting a bite threw the cage wire with that big beak!

MALE GROSBEAK

t took a lot of patience to get this picture. I saw this beautiful male Grosbeak at my sisters house in Greenup. It was a little camera shy, but I was able to snap this photo.

HE THINKS HE'S A HUMMINGBIRD!!

This Downy Woodpecker is a regular at our bird feeder. He loves to eat the suet and then get a drink from our Humming Bird feeder!

MARIAH

This is our cat Mariah. She is very photogenic and has won first place in two photo contests!

EARLY MORNING STRECH

I was so busy taking pictures of the birds at our feeder that I almost missed this huge Turkey Buzzard sunning it's self on our wood pile!

AWESOME WINGSPAND

After sunning his front side this turkey Buzzard turned around and showed me his back side! Ha ha Soon after a blue Jay swooped down and pecked him and he flew off.

SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY

The Blue Bells were in full bloom in the woods behind our house. I was on a nature walk with my son Nick when we spotted this beautiful butterfly!

THE TURTLE UNDER THE SHELF FUNGI

My husband discovered this Box Turtle while we were out mushroom hunting. I thought it made an interesting picture since it was under this "shelf fungi" at the base of a rotted out stump.

THE MONSTER RACOON IN THE WOODS

It was a beautiful spring afternoon and I found myself on a walk in our woods when I spotted something move up ahead of me on the trail. It was a HUGE racoon! I made some noise to alert it of my presence. I thought it would turn and run away but to my horror it lowered it's head and came straight at me! I had goosebumps from the bottom of my feet to the top of my head! I managed to snap this picture as I turned and hurriedly headed for home.

INDIGO BUNTING

This has to be one of my very favorite birds! And Blue is one of my favorite colors!

SANTA CARDINAL

HoHoHo This bright red Cardinal is all decked out with his "Snow" white Santa beard!

ORIOLE

The newest member of the morning bunch! Everyone likes alittle OJ in the morning. This gorgeous bright orange Oriole is a welcome sight at our bird feeders!

BAD HAIR DAY!



This mom has been up all night with the triplets and all she wants this morning is a bit of peace and quiet. Who has time to do your hair when there is three crying babies back in the nest to feed and clean up after!