Fittingly We Feature Eggs and Birds

Design - "Little Eggs" (kit)

Designer - Shepherd's Bush

Fabric - unknown 32 count linen

Fibers - unknown silks - 1 strand over 2 threads

Satin stitch - 2 strands

Started - 16 April 2014

Completed - 28 April 2014

Here are Five Eggs for your enjoyment!

I finished this stitch up yesterday morning and I decided to go with the cleaner look - minus the sentiment. I do like the muted pastel color pallet and the satin stitch border.

And here are a gazillion geese.

Once again my morning included the faint honking of dozens and dozens of geese flying high overhead. 

And here's someone I don't often see - another vocal bird - a Crow.

The Violet-Green Swallows continue to shop for housing.  I don't think that any of the couple have settled yet - they are still all involved in fierce bidding wars.  

The Goldfinches are now omnipresent at the feeders.  

This bird - now it is a bit of a puzzle.

I'm not seeing anything in my bird books that is a clear match.

Is it just a variation of a female Lesser Goldfinch? 

I think if I had but one photo each day, I'd chose to feature my California Quail.

Speaking of vocal birds!

This male Pileated Woodpecker hollered yelled called out so loudly and strongly that I knew he had to be close at hand.  

As it turned out he was in a snag behind the shop so it took me a bit to find him.  He didn't stay very long and left as I attempted to move in closer.

By the way pileated means that the bird has a crest on the pileum which is the top of the head from the beak to the nape.