Gotta love the rainbow sheen on the neck feathers of this mourning dove.
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Critter of the Day: flicker
We don’t see Northern Flickers often, and we get photos of them even less often. This one was nice enough to hang out at the top of the dead spruce tree long enough for some photos.
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Critter of the Day: blue waters
Backing up to the beginning of July, this blue jay is appreciating the bird bath in the heat!
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Critter of the Day: bad hair day
Another one going back to the end of June.
The rain had stopped for a bit when this photo was taken.
Not long enough for this purple finch to groom himself. 😀
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Critter of the Day: it’s a little damp, Honey!
Critter of the Day: bedraggled
A couple of photos going back to the end of June.
We were finally getting a really solid rainfall.
It did not stop the birds any! 😀
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Trail Cam bird
I’ve been trying our trail cam out in different locations, with varying success. Of the trees in the area, some are too large for the elastic cords used to hold it in place, but I had smaller ones, so I tried different fence posts. Finally, I tried other tree that were smaller but were also growing at quite a bit of an angle.
I’ve since moved it back to where it’s been for almost a year, though the files I went through this morning are from being on one of those leaning trees. It had a bole I could use to level the cam out a bit. Unfortunately, I found it was a bit too close to get a full view of both the gate and the outside of the driveway. Plus, one of the fence posts was right in the view. It’s one of the posts that’s rotten at the bottom, so the only thing holding it upright is the barbed wire. The wind would shift it, causing it to trigger the camera.
I did get a very pleasant surprise, though!!
An excellent video of a bird that landed on the post! There’s a second one on the wagon wheel in the background.
The bird was digging into the rotten top of the post.
Where it found something to eat!
I look forward to when we can set the trail cam up at the feeding station by the house. I just love shots like this!!!
The Re-Farmer
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Critter(s) of the Day: many bird visitors
There was one day in June when we got so many birds visiting at once. Especially goldfinches. It was really hard to choose photos for critter of the day!
My older brother had given my parents hanging bird feeders as gifts, years ago. The church one was for my mother, and the barn was for my late father. For some reason, my mom took the barn one with her when she moved off the farm, leaving the church one with my dad. She had been using is as a garden decoration, so when she wanted to take it in for the winter, but had no space for it, I had no problem agreeing when she asked me to bring it back to the farm.
This way, when one is empty, we can just switch them out.
The red barn matches the purple finches very well! 😀
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Critter(s) of the Day: golden triplets
Critter of the Day: this one’s easy
It may be hard to tell a downy from a hairy woodpecker, but there is no mistaking these guys!
It’s a fairly rare treat for a pileated woodpecker to come visit. Not only do they have a very distinctive red head, but they are much larger than our usual visitors. At one point, I could see him tearing pieces of this tree’s bark off and tossing it down to the ground! I don’t think I’ve ever seen a woodpecker do that before!
