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 Design - "Snowy Trees" - freebie border from "Snowbelles"

Designer - Lizzie Kate

Fabric - 28 count Amber linen

Fibers - GAST & WDW - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 5 February 2015

Completed - 7 February 2015

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Puffy and fluffy

Inquisitive 

Alert

This swarming of the peanut feeder is a new thing this year.

Female

They get little tiny bits to eat.

See what I mean?

Rare for Me Bird Sighting

Design - "Tis the Season"

Chart - "Tiny Tidings XI"

Designer - Lizzie Kate

Fabric - 32 count Light Mocha Linen

Fibers - WDW - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 18 January 2016

Completed - 29 January 2016

The last few winters I've bee lucky enough to get one decent look at a Townsend's Warbler.

There are two fairly common winter Warblers in the Willamette Valley - the Yellow-rumped Warbler and the Townsend's Warbler.  They tend to stay near the valley floor, and I am at 700 feet, while the valley floor is around 400 feet.  

The Townsend's Warbler is a very colorful bird, so these rare glimpses are pretty exciting! 

Much more common for me are the Red-breast Nuthatches.

Gotta' love an upside-down bird!

Bright-eyed too!

This is a classic nuthatch pose.

And that's one of the many reason I have a peanut feeder.

Sunday's Hummer's

There are at least four birds - two males and two females.

Male

Female / immature male

Male

They are very active now and will begin breeding / nesting in February.

Saturday's Critters

Mostly deer!

I've had up to four Gray Squirrels hanging around. 

A couple of does

Barry the Buck

Young doe

And another one.

Smaller Birds

Design - "Winter-ize" (Boxer Jr.)

Designer - Lizzie Kate

Fabric - 25 count Flax Dublin linen

Fibers - WDW - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 7 January 2018

Completed - 13 January 2018

I see two or three Downy Woodpeckers with some frequency. 

Here they are in the front of the house.

Female

Male

Female

Peanuts and suet are the main attractions.

They'll hang out peacefully with Bushtits. 

Winter Reliables

Design - "January Snows"

Designer - Bent Creek

Fabric - 32 count French Cafe Mocha linen

Fibers - GAST & WDW - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 5 January 2011

Completed - 8 January 2011

Bushtits are probably my cutest Winter Reliables.

Male

Female

Female

Male

Female

Straight on cute!