At least he thinks he is. This is the first year that a Red Headed woodpecker has come to the feeders. Sitting outside on the deck eating breakfast we could hear him and see him going from tree to tree looking for something to eat. Then he found our feeders and now he's staying.
He flies from the feeder to the trees.
When he's at the feeder he bosses and chases all the other birds away.
He's the King of the Hill.
Now that the weather has gotten nicer we've had lots of company stopping by. The Baltimore Orioles (which I absolutely love seeing) have been here along with a few other birds.
Warning Picture Overload!
Watching them this morning the grosbeak and the cardinal started fighting. Sorry the shots aren't that great, I was taking them through the glass door. I can't figure out why they're fighting over the seeds, there's plenty on the ground from our night company that came and visited, Mr Raccoon came by and tried getting at the seeds but I had Mr put the hook on the feeder and now he can't get in it, only dig what he can from under the plastic sides.
A grosbeak hit the patio door this morning, not to worry tho it was just stunned. I slowly started to open the door and it flew away. So far we've had about 4 birds hit the window and all have flown away.
Happy ending and a great start to the morning, along with getting my stove fixed this morning as well, the repairman was here bright and early and it's working great.
This is how I spent my morning...bird watching :)
Hope Y'All have a wonderful day today!
Has it really been awhile since I've posted? We skipped out of here last Friday to Michigan to see our newest grandson. Mr hadn't seen him yet or our son and dil's new home. While still in Wisconsin Mr saw something, so he turned around so that I could get photos of it.
He spied a Sandhill Cranes nest and one of them was "sitting" on the nest. Can you see the two eggs?
It's been busy, busy, busy, around here. My room is getting done and yesterday I didn't even go on-line to read blogs, I sewed all day on something I needed to get done.
I tried to read blogs this morning, but Feedly is not loading up for me right now, not sure what is going on.
I hope Y'All have a wonderful day today!
While outside our sons home last week he had two sandhill cranes walking through his front yard. I was able to get real close to this one.
Then it got pretty nervous and took flight.
It's mate got worried about where the other one was, you can see it peeking on the other side of the bush.
It started hurrying as fast as it could to get away from me.
And away it goes.
It was a great day in the neighborhood.
I hope Y'all had a Blessed Easter. I've been gone for awhile from the blog, because we had family in town for sugaring and Easter. It was a busy weekend, but a fun weekend, and I hardly brought the camera out.
One day the weather was warm, the next day we need the winter gear back on.
Easter morning taken with my iPad.
The grate in the evaporator where the fire burns broke, and we had to head to the Dells to get some re-bar so that we can continue to boil some more sap. The weather conditions have not been that great, and so far we've only got half of the syrup that we got last year, but the conditions for the next couple of days should produce more sap for more boiling :)
It's starting to feel like spring around here, the snow is starting to melt on the farm here and most places it's pretty much gone. A new calf always means it's spring time and this one was recently born at our neighbors farm down the road.
Oh, and speaking of newborns we had a new grandson born the other day...pictures in a few days.
I hope Y'all have a wonderful Monday, I didn't have time to do Happy Homemaker Monday, I'll catch it next week.
Do you go on Pinterest and pin a lot of delicious looking recipes but never make them? I do, that is until now. I've decided to make one recipe a week of the recipes that I have pinned on Pinterest. Waiting for the snow to hit I thought that this Slow Cooker Chicken Tortilla Soup would hit the spot. I also made seasoned tortilla strips to put on top. I've only had chicken tortilla soup once so I really couldn't compare the soup I made to any other. This recipe was very tasty and I plan to make it again. I just love soup on a cold winter day.
Well, it came and we're all set. I had filled the feeders yesterday, I figured that if I'm filling my cupboards with food I couldn't forget to fill the cupboards of my feathered friends.
And, I'm so glad I didn't forget.
Jim out plowing trying to keep up with the snow drifts in the driveway. Our driveway is quite long and will drift over, our youngest the first winter here got stuck and I do mean stuck, where she slid off and we had to dig her out.
I feel so safe and warm here in our little cabin. I hope Y'All are safe and sound.
The blue jays waiting until the coast is clear to head to the feeder.
The downy woodpecker and the gold finches stopped by.
Another feathered visitor is waiting in the tree to come to the feeder. Can you see it in the bottom photo? Tomorrow I will post photos of him at the feeder.
Heading home the other day I spied something that I thought was a bird hanging from the wire. So Jim was kind enough to turn around for me to satisfy my curiosity. He does that for me a lot :)))
Well as we were coming up the the heavily vined pole, sure enough there was a beautiful owl hanging from the wire. Unfortunately I didn't have my zoom lens, but I was able to get some shots and figuring that I was planning to head to town later in the day I would grab my zoom lens and go back for some closer shots.
By the time I got back for some close up shots I saw the owl was no longer on the wire but had fallen down and got caught in the trees.
I was sick and saddened to see that this happen to this beautiful bird. I'm guessing the owl had gotten zapped when it landed on the wire.
They have been trying to build nests in our garage. We have to keep the doors closed otherwise we are constantly shooing them out. While we were out voting yesterday Jim showed me where many barn swallow nests could be found.
You can see under the eaves of the roof all the mud nests where the barn swallows live.
The nests are pretty neat looking and I'll show you something else we spied on our way home, only that isn't as nice, so stay tuned.
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