The Trio

This sampler is called "Brite Birds", a freebie issued in 1998 from Barrick Samplers. I stitched the piece of 32 count raw Belfast linen. I began on the 12th July 2009and finished it the 16th of July 2009. I used the DMC colors as listed. I changed the date to 2009 and high-lighted my name: b,e,h,t (Beth) in Topaz rather than the black as charted.

The Trio came by at the end of April. 

A guy and gal

ALL THREE BIRDS! (Yes, I'm shouting!)

One guy

Another one

It appears they'll be semi-regulars this spring and summer.

Pops of Color

Design - "Patchwork Cats"

Designer - Barrick Samplers

Fabric - DMC - 2 strands over 2 threads

Fibers - 17 February 2002

Started - 17 February 2002

Completed - 27 May 2002 

Pops of color

The red mustache of a Flicker 

The bright yellow of male American Goldfinches

And the red head of a male House Finch.

What's Up

Design - "Cats"

Designer - Barrick Samplers

FAbric - 32 count Birds of a Feather 'Meadowlark'

Fibers - GAST -2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 9 September 2014

Completed - 11 September 2014

I am thinking...

...that the Acorn Woodpeckers are now hanging out much closer to my yard. 

Two birds come multiple times a day.

A male 

And a female.

Love how the red on her head glows in the sunshine.

I can also hear them chattering close at hand.

It's my hope that they will nest nearby and have a couple of young.

We'll see what happens.

Watching and waiting.

Spring Migration Part 2

This sampler is called "Brite Birds", a freebie issued in 1998 from Barrick Samplers. I stitched the piece of 32 count raw Belfast linen. I began on the 12th July 2009and finished it the 16th of July 2009. I used the DMC colors as listed. I changed the date to 2009 and high-lighted my name: b,e,h,t (Beth) in Topaz rather than the black as charted.

Last week was pretty amazing.

I had a Great Blue Heron Fly overhead.

The male Black-headed Grosbeaks showed up in mass.

This one is yelling at a Brown-headed Cowbird.

Black-headed Grosbeak - male

Sunflowers!

More sunflowers

I also got to see several Orange-crowed Warblers.

It's rare to actually see the crown.

If you enlarge this photo you can see the dull orange atop the head.

And also new for spring - a Chipping Sparrow

It has a distinctive russet strip atop its head.

And another Warbler!

This is a Nashville Warbler

It's a long ways from Tennessee!

When it was named, they did not know the full extent of its range.  

Brite Birds

This sampler is called "Brite Birds", a freebie issued in 1998 from Barrick Samplers. I stitched the piece of 32 count raw Belfast linen. I began on the 12th July 2009and finished it the 16th of July 2009. I used the DMC colors as listed. I changed the date to 2009 and high-lighted my name: b,e,h,t (Beth) in Topaz rather than the black as charted.

This bird is no longer very bright.

Female American Goldfinch

Red-breasted Nuthatch

White-breasted Nuthatch

A rather scraggly looking Steller's Jay

Molting is generally not a good look!