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Just for a moment

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I got a serious of photos while the birds were flitting on and off the feeder, including several of a couple of nuthatches.  This one came and went quickly, so it wasn’t until I uploaded it to the computer that I found myself wondering.

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Is this really a nuthatch?  In all the other photos, the nuthatches are completely white around the eye, but this one is different.  It was there for just a moment, and it looks just like any other nuthatch, except for how the black is on its head.

Now I’m curious.

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Thanks for the seeds

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This blue jay seems to be enjoying his snack. :-)

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I think they have made the connection between us humans and food magically appearing on the feeder.  They used to fly off when we came near to top it up, and not come back for hours.  Now they come back right away.

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Big Tree ‘shroom!

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While taking my walk around the yard, I noticed a new tree mushroom by the collapsing log shed in the yard.

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Unlike the others I’ve found, this one was quite low down, so this photo was me holding my phone under it and hoping for the best!

I’m happy with how it turned out.

It amazes me just how fast these things can grow!  One day, there’s nothing but tree trunk.  A few days later, there’s a huge mushroom.

I have no idea what kind they are.  Something to research in the future, I think. :-)

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I see you in there

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Since we set up the bird feeder, instead of leaving seed on the ground, the blue jays have been harder to get photos of.  They see me moving to the camera on its tripod and fly off.

It seems they are starting to get used to seeing us in the window now.  Or, at least one is.

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He’s watching me.

I love the little head tilt!

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Dinner Party

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My husband has taken on the morning feeding of the outside cats, so I haven’t been getting photos of them coming out early in the day.  The kittens are getting used to him, I’m told, and have started to come running when he fills their bowls.

Every now and then, though, the kittens come back, sneaking around us, to get to the food bowls.

Corvo is most amusing.

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He now goes straight to laying half his body right in the bowl, and even rolls around in the kibble, pushing away any other kittens coming over.

Here we have Corvo, Rosencrantz (or Guildenstern), Jim, and Bob.

Bob is the teeny tabby.  So named, because his body is so small compared to his head, he looks like a bobble head toy.

He is filling out, though, which is a relief.

Doom Guy and Guildenstern (or Rosencrantz) didn’t make a showing this time, but when I came out later, these four were still there.

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Still completely ignoring the second food bowl. :-D

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Hello, down there

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The larger of the orange tabbies now has a name.

Meet Jim.

I’m told there’s a tangential story behind this name.  I don’t know what it is. :-D

Jim wasn’t too keen on me coming closer to get his photo, and kept moving around.  From here, though, you can see the “platform” the cats like to sit on, to look into the kitchen.  This is where this tree had been cut down before.  There are also places where I can see larger branches had been cut down, too.  And yet, in a remarkably short time, when it comes to growth speed of trees, it is once again overhanging the roof.

Which is why we have decided that it’s going to need to come down completely, to protect the house.

While that will solve one serious problem, taking it down is also going to loose a lot of the shade it provides, which is why it was planted there in the first place.

It also means taking away one of the cats’ favorite spots.

I’m still entertaining the thought of leaving a trunk tall enough to make it a table.

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