Special Birds

Design - "Whoo's There?"

Designer - Barbara Ana Designs

Fabric - 32 count cream linen

Fibers - DMC - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 23 October 2016

Completed - 24 October 2016

What's up you ask?

A wonderful seasonal surprise that's what.

For three days running I've had Varied Thrush in the backyard. 

They, like American Robins, are members of the thrush family.

Their behavior and diet is similar to Robins...eating worms and other insects on the ground.

Got a bug!

Female are a bit lighter colored.  This might be a female.

And this brighter colored bird is probably a male.

 

Sunriver Adventure Part Two

Design - "Hoot"

Chart - "Autumn Smalls"

Designer - Lizzie Kate

Fabric - 32 count Natural Light linen

Fibers - WDW - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 24 October 2017

Completed - 26 October 2017

 

We took a walk around the Sunriver Nature Center.

They have a pair of mated Trumpeter Swans.

The birds do not migrate.

They had cygnets this year, and the babies when mature are sent off to Klamath Falls or Malheur to join other swans and migrate.

Other birds along the pond included Song Sparrows

A female Wood Duck

And a Coot.

There was a Little Library at the edge of the pond.

And I always find this display so informative...and scary!  See how far a cougar can leap?

Sunriver Adventure Part One

 

Design - "Calendar October"

Designer - Ewe & Eye & Friends

Fabric - 32 count Raw Belfast linen

Fibers - Anchor - 1 strand over 2 threads

Started - 2 October 2010

Completed - 4 October 2010 

We spent the weekend in the Sunriver-Prineville area of Oregon.

I was thrilled to see a small group of Clark's Nutcrackers on the ground foraging Pine seeds.

They are pretty brazen, one of their nicknames is Camp Robber as they are not shy about begging for handouts.

This is an eruptive year for them, and though they hang out on the east side of the cascades, they've been seen in the Willamette Valley.

I think this was a group of Clark's Nutcrackers flying over my house in late September.

They're a corvid so they have a big brain and good memory of where they cache seeds.

 

I saw lots of Red Crossbills, Jays, woodpeckers, and deer.

Wednesday's Micro Walk

Most years no one gets excited about eating the Hawthorn berries. They hang on all winter long. But on Tuesday evening, there were somewhere between 6-12 robins gulping down berries as fast as they could. 

Little Guys

Design - "Owls' Night Out" - A Halloween Year - January

Designer - Homespun Elegance

Fabric - 30 count WDW 'Kudzu' linen

Fibers - DMC, WDW and GAST - 2 strands over 2 threads 

Started - 12 October 2012

Completed - 14 October 2012

Kudzu linen made for a great color to stitch.

Some little guys

Bewick's Wren on the fence post

A small flock of Bushtits

I like the cobwebs as much as the bird.

Very Octobery!

The best photo

 

Black Monday

Design - "Be Very Scary"

Chart - "Hats Off to Halloween 2"

Designer - Lizzie Kate

Fabric - 28 count Amber linen

Fibers - WDW - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 12 October 2014

Completed - 14 October 2014

Black Monday

Black cat - Ajax

Black birds

A crow

Two of them

Having a drink