Almost the Weekend

Design - "Alphabet with Hare" (freebie)

Designer - La-D-Da

Fabric - Unknown

Fibers - Crescent Colours - Eve's Leaves & Hunny Bunny, 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 21 May 2014

Completed -  9 June 2014  

The weekend is almost here.

How to celebrate?

Peanuts seems to be the answer.

At least for this California Scrub Jay.

This Was a Surprise

Design -Briar Rabbit

Designer - La-D-Da

Fabric - 35 count R & R 18th Century Rook

Fibers - Needlepoint Silks

Started - 28 July 2009

Completed - 5 August 2009

I am very pleased with the finished product. I used 35 count 18th Century Rook linen and the Needlepoint Silks as charted. It is a lovely little sampler and fits perfectly as part of my "Rabbit Summer of 2009". I think this one needs to get framed.  

After several months with no California Quail...

I saw a pair Saturday evening in the backyard.

A young female bird.

And an adult male.

Questions unanswered.

Were they just passing through?

Are they going to stay in the area?

Stay tuned.

Odds and Ends

Design - "Alphabet with Hare" (freebie)

Designer - La-D-Da

Fabric - Unknown

Fibers - Crescent Colours - Eve's Leaves & Hunny Bunny, 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 21 May 2014

Completed -  9 June 2014  

Here we go!

Male Anna's Hummingbird

Female Flicker

Black-capped Chickadee

Turkey Vulture

Back Again

Design -Briar Rabbit

Designer - La-D-Da

Fabric - 35 count R & R 18th Century Rook

Fibers - Needlepoint Silks

Started - 28 July 2009

Completed - 5 August 2009

I am very pleased with the finished product. I used 35 count 18th Century Rook linen and the Needlepoint Silks as charted. It is a lovely little sampler and fits perfectly as part of my "Rabbit Summer of 2009". I think this one needs to get framed. 

Just when I think that the Acorn Woodpeckers have moved on...

...one or more comes back.

This one fended off a much larger Flicker.

Can you see the blurry bird leaving?

Classic Woodpecker pose.

Feed up high and tail feathers serving as a support prop.

Later in the day I heard two birds chattering to one another.

Note the bit of red on the throat.

Tuesday's Update

 

Design - "Backyard Birds"

Designer- La-D-Da

Fabric - 32 count R & R LA-D-Da Brown linen

Fibers - ???

Started - 1 September 2009

Completed -16 September 2009

Just a few photos today.

American Goldfinch

Song Sparrow

Steller's Jay

Nothing is getting by this guy!

More First of Season Birds

Design - "Alphabet with Hare" (freebie)

Designer - La-D-Da

Fabric - Unknown

Fibers - Crescent Colours - Eve's Leaves & Hunny Bunny, 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 21 May 2014

Completed -  9 June 2014

Seeing more First of Season Birds.

 

I spied a couple of White-crowned Sparrows.

As the Golden-crown Sparrows leave, these guys show up, though in much smaller numbers. 

The alternating white and black atop the head makes for an easy ID.

Though they are NOT to be confused with a White-throated Sparrow.

The white throat and yellow above the eye are their clear indentifiers.

I usually only have one bird, and sightings are sporadic.

Backyard Birds

Design - "Backyard Birds"

Designer- La-D-Da

Fabric - 32 count R & R LA-D-Da Brown linen

Fibers - ???

Started - 1 September 2009

Completed -16 September 2009

So here's a flashback - I can't believe that I completed a large sampler in just a couple of weeks - wow! 

Who is in my backyard this week?

I'm glad you asked!

I have a female Hairy Woodpecker coming by.

Good to have you back again girl.

And the male Hairy Woodpecker comes by too.

He is often one of the last birds in the evening and he gets mad at me if I've already picked up the suet feeders for the day.

Sorry dude, I can't always wait for you!

My woodpecker surprise though, was to have a Red-breasted Sapsucker come to a suet feeder.

That's never happened before.

I see and hear the Sapsuckers on trees drilling their wells, but do not recall them coming to my feeders before.

This is probably a one-off experience.

You can come back, you know.

The Acorn Woodpeckers are peanut gluttons right now. 

Here's Junior...

and here's is Papa. I've had all three birds at the feeders at the same time, but no photos to document.

Lots of Flicker action this time of year.

The guys are posing and posturing as part of their courting. 

See how handsome I am? 

I don't think that she looks very impressed.

The males are also very talkative, "Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!" 

And again!

Here's a size comparison with an Evening Grosbeak.

I had a Pileated Woodpecker fly though the backyard - that was awesome!