Another Lesson

Further progress with "O be Joyful" and now to stitch a snowman and a couple of snowflakes.

What's up with birds?

Some Acorn Woodpecker action.

A California Quail family.

Babies preening in a blackberry thicket.

Three male Black-headed Grosbeaks.

Ready for another birding ID lesson?

Do you know who this might be?  It feeding on the ground is a clue.

It's a juvenile Dark-eyed Junco - subspecies Oregon.

And here's what it will look like as a mature adult.

Sunday's Hummers

It's nice to once again have several hummingbirds buzzing about.

Male Anna's

 

Female Rufous

Immature Anna's (male?)

Female Anna's

This time of year the birds find plant material more attractive than the feeders.

Saturday's Critters

Table for one!

Western Gray Squirrel 

Brush Rabbit

Itchy

Young Fawn

Heading over to Mama

I've seen a Bobcat in the backyard almost daily.  

A Birding Lesson

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 am enjoying lots of chickadees.

I often have 406 Black-capped Cchickadees.

And I'm seeing some Chestnut-backed Chickadees too.

They are a bit shyer.

This is a tough time of year for beginning birds to ID some of the juveniles they see. Can you figure out who this might be? The tail is the best clue.

It's a young Spotted Towhee, and yes, it looks very different from a mature bird.  Even the eye color is different.

The Next Project - Begun

Oh be joyful!  Lots to be joyful about.

That includes the birds.

 

Female Red-shafted Northern Flicker

Female Hairy Woodpecker

Young female Acorn Woodpecker

I think my group of Acorn Woodpeckers has grown to four birds - two males and two females.