Bright Blue

Design - "Eastertide Sampler"

Designer - Brightneedle

Fabric - 32 cnt R & R Dark Cappuccino

Fibers - DMC - 2 strands over 2 threads

Bright blue I promise!

See!

Steller's Jay

Bright blue!

Bright blue day!

These guys say "Hi!"

Even though they aren't blue.

A Couple of Smaller Guys

Design - "Be Mine"

Chart - "Valentines"

Designer - Brightneedle

Fabric - 30 count R & R Iced Cappuccino

Fibers - WDW & Anchor - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 22 February 2015

Completed - 23 February 2015

Black-capped Chickadee in Dogwood and a Rosehip

Golden-crowned Sparrow

The colors are quite bold already.

Crow Family

Design - "Be My Valentine"

Chart - "Valentines"

Designer - BrightNeedle

Fabric - 30 count R & R Iced Cappuccino

Fibers - WDW & Anchor - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 17 February 2015

Completed - 22 February 2015 

The Crow Family returned.

Adult on left, kid on right.

This is the other adult.

Here are all three: adult, kid, adult

Adult and kid

Adult

Happy Monday!

Yay!

Design - "Twin Hearts"

Designer - Brightneedle

Fabric - 28 count cream linen

Fibers - Anchor - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - February 2011

Competed - 14 March 2011

I think this is one of my favorite Valentine designs - I like the addition of some bronze and yellow - I might have to get this framed some day.

Yay! A Red-breasted Sapsucker!

I'm so pleased I saw this bird and managed to snap off one photo.

I've not seen a Sapsucker for months and months.

I did have three Acorn Woodpeckers fly in briefly last week - again no photos.

The Steller's Jays are much better at posing.

Profile

Straight on

Group portrait

It's All Woodpeckers

 

Design - "Eastertide Sampler"

Designer - Brightneedle

Fabric - 32 cnt R & R Dark Cappuccino

Fibers - DMC - 2 strands over 2 threads

What's going on with the woodpeckers? 

Here's a Downy

It's a male

 

A male Flicker

A male Acorn Woodpecker

I'm so glad that they are showing up regularly.

Snarfing peanuts

Male Hairy Woodpecker

And ending with another male Flicker

Just Three Photos

Design - "Twin Hearts"

Designer - Brightneedle

Fabric - 28 count cream linen

Fibers - Anchor - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - February 2011

Competed - 14 March 2011

Just three photos today. 

 

The pair of crows have returned.

And a Band-tailed Pigeon or two shows up every day or so.

It's way early to see them here, so each time I report to eBird, I make the Lane County Rare Birds Report.

And what a nice surprise. I had two Red-breasted Nuthatches at the Big Bird Feeder.

Robins

Design - "Be My Valentine"

Chart - "Valentines"

Designer - BrightNeedle

Fabric - 30 count R & R Iced Cappuccino

Fibers - WDW & Anchor - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 17 February 2015

Completed - 22 February 2015 

A mix of winter and spring birds.

Male Oregon Junco

The Robins have begun to talk.

Not singing yet, but nosier than they were in December. 

A Golden-crowned Sparrow

Steller's Jays

Design - "Be Mine"

Chart - "Valentines"

Designer - Brightneedle

Fabric - 30 count R & R Iced Cappuccino

Fibers - WDW & Anchor - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 22 February 2015

Completed - 23 February 2015

Ode to Steller's Jays

I had a dozen birds Sunday morning.

They found the peanuts I'd tossed out for the deer.

One in the mouth several in the crop.

They can easily get 3 or 4 peanuts at a time before they fly off.

There's enough for everyone!