Late October Birds Stitched and Otherwise

Design - "The Owl Next Door"

Designer - The Bent Creek

Fabric - 32 count Dirty linen

Fibers - WDW & GAST & Crescent Colors - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 17 October 2015

Completed - 22 October 2015

I like my little spooky  cross-eyed owl. Hmmm...on closer examination, he appears to have a cat hair on his hat - I wonder how that happened!

I visited a neighbor a couple of driveways down the way and she had Varied Thrushes working away in the Oak leaf litter.

She told me she's had as many as a dozen at a time. As I've maxed out with three, I was a bit envious.

Robins are also Thrushes and some folks find it hard to distinguish between the two. The male Varied Thrush has a black eye-band and a black V beneath its throat.  I am hoping to see a Varied Thrush or two here.

I am seeing a few more Mourning Doves - groups of 2, 3, 4, and 5.

While my California Quail - well I think I counted 38 bird! 

As the birds are in constant motion, I experiment using the 'sports' setting of my camera.

I think it did a better job of stopping the motion and reducing the blur.

I am expecting that this large group will disperse as winter progresses, and I will have far fewer when it comes time to pair up in the spring.