Wednesday's Walk - Last Day of July

It's a lovely day - off we go!

 

Ash tree

Not sure what this is - it's certainly straight and tall

Vine Maple 

Vine Maple

Teasel

Unknown berry

Oregon Grape

Blackberries 

They are everywhere!

Bunch of Bushtit

Design - "A Flock United"

Chart - "And So the 4th"

Designer - The Cricket Collection

Fabric - 30 count R & R Highland Mist

Fibers - DMC

Started - 12 July 2001

Completed - 1 September 2001

I was very pleased to spy a small flock of Bushtits in an Elderberry at the front of the house.

As best I could tell it was a group of 6-8 birds.

Here's a light-eyed female.

And a dark-eyed male.

They are in flocks most of the year, but when they breed . nest they break up into pairs and then reunit in groups after raising their young.

High and Higher

Design - "13 Stars"

Designer - Subrosa

Fabric - 28 count Lakeside Basketweave linen

Fibers - DMC - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 1 July 2017

Completed - 15 July 2017

This is the time of year when I hear and see Red-tailed Hawks.

You can see why they got their name.

They Crow Family continues to hang around.

And finally I am see nice numbers of Black-headed Grosbeaks once again.

I think they were AWOL for a while while nesting.

Much smaller numbers of Band-tailed Pigeons as of late which is fine by me/

 

Towhee with its bright red eye/

Adult male Flicker...feeding...

...this young begging Flicker.

A young male bird

And here's a fluffy newly fledge (and begging) Lesser Goldfinch.

It's that time of the year!

Sunday's Hummers

Lots of activity this week!

Female Rufous

Female Rufous

Female Anna's

Female Anna's

Female Rufous

Immature male Anna's

And the extremely rare two Anna's sharing a feeder!

Saturday's Critters

Here we go...

Gray Squirrel

Spot the Fawn

A doe

Mama Deer

Mother and child

Cutie Pie

Chickadee Friday

 

Design - "Stars & Stripes"

Designer - Blackbird Designs

Fabric - 27 count R & R Old Mill Java linen

Fibers - WDW - 2 strands over 3 threads

Started - 3 July 2006

Completed -  18 July 2006 

Chickadees are acrobats.

Hanging upside down

Strutting

Put your right foot out

Clinging

And perching