Up in the Sky

This is the rabbit motif from "The Hare and the Basket" a 1996 sampler designed by Jean Farish Huls for the Spirit of Cross Stitch Festival.  I thought rabbit charming and was not up to the challenge of stitching the entire (large) sampler.  So this way, instant bunny gratification!

Up in the sky!

Three hawks

One looks like a Red-tailed Hawk.

The others I'm not so sure - maybe immature hawks. 

This guy is pretty easy to ID

Suddenly I have a couple of crows hanging around.

Not sure if I'm happy about that or not.

I think not.

Female Flickers

This is the rabbit motif from "The Hare and the Basket" a 1996 sampler designed by Jean Farish Huls for the Spirit of Cross Stitch Festival.  I thought rabbit charming and was not up to the challenge of stitching the entire (large) sampler.  So this way, instant bunny gratification!

Bad photo shot through the kitchen window - but hey, it's THREE Flickers!

All the rest of the photos are of female Flickers,

which is funny as I generally feels that I see / have far more males than females.

And yes, the males have already begun their spring drumming on the metal flashings on the roof.

 

Bunnies and Bushtits

This is the rabbit motif from "The Hare and the Basket" a 1996 sampler designed by Jean Farish Huls for the Spirit of Cross Stitch Festival.  I thought rabbit charming and was not up to the challenge of stitching the entire (large) sampler.  So this way, instant bunny gratification!

Back to Bushtits!

I had a nice group fly in the other day.

I counted eight or nine birds.

They looked from above...

...and waited their turn below.

See?

A nice little mob.

This gives you a size comparison with a Golden-crowned Sparrow.  

Three on a high wire.

There they are!

So sweet.

The Hare

This is the rabbit motif from "The Hare and the Basket" a 1996 sampler designed by Jean Farish Huls for the Spirit of Cross Stitch Festival.  I thought rabbit charming and was not up to the challenge of stitching the entire (large) sampler.  So this way, instant bunny gratification!