Linking up with NF Winged and Skywatch Friday
We had somewhat of a quiet Christmas morning, my son opened his presents early and I had some time to watch my backyard birds.. Christmas dinner and family gift exchange was at my sister's house. We had lots of yummy food and desserts and were happy to see baby Neill for his 1st Christmas..
For NF Winged I am sharing some of the finches seen in my backyard on Christmas morning.
A couple of my American Goldfinches..
A pretty male House Finch..enjoying the Christmas feast on my deck railing..
The sunset on Christmas day was gorgeous..
A flock of geese flying over during the sunset..I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas Day..I wanted to say thank you to all my blog followers for all their visits and comments over the year. I wish everyone all the best in 2014..Happy New Years..
Dearest Eileen ,it looks that you had wonderful Christmas evening with your loved ones ! Your birds in your back yard are lovely ! Today this morning came in my back balcony ,three pigeons !! I think ,is a good sing to visit my apartment in a big city !Have a nice day !
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Glad to hear you had a good Christmas dear Eileen. The birds look so cute and the sunset..is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteHello Eileen!!!You had a lovely Christmas with your family and baby Neill!!!He's so cute!!Wonderful pictures with your yard birds!Beautiful images of the sunset!!I really like the one with the geese flying!!!Amazing!!Wish to you and your family Happy New Year 2014!!!Enjoy your holidays!!Hugs!!
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Beautiful shots! Merry Christmas!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a sight for sore eyes, that have seen nothing but grey. Thanks so much Eileen.
ReplyDeleteWow, that's quite the sunset!
ReplyDeleteWunderbare Natur!
ReplyDeleteLiebe Grüße,*Manja*
Beautiful pictures of the sunset, Eileen!
ReplyDeleteThe birds are beautiful, especially photo 3.
Merry Christmas!
Pretty sky images Eileen. And as always great birding photos. I was on a break, but had to come back and post about our Christmas Terrorist saga.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year to you too.
Always such wonderful pictures! Loved the little finch, so close and sweet. And the sunset was a treat to see. We haven't seen many "bright spots" with all of the snow deciding to visit our place in the planet for the past several days!
ReplyDeleteThe sunset picture with the flying geese is just perfect.
Thank you for treading me with your daily presence and delightful birdy friends this past year. I like seeing your Goldie Girl too.
Happy New Year!
These birds have their Christmas presents too.
ReplyDeleteBreathtaking sunset and very cute birds.
ReplyDeleteHello Eileen, thanks for your wishes!
ReplyDeleteI had loved all your photos! The birds and the sunset so preties!To you and your Family I wish a good time of Christmas an a Happy New Year ( excuse me for my bad English):))))! Hugs Ailime
Beautiful sunset photos, especially the last one.
ReplyDeletejust lovely. glad to see your happy birds. :)
ReplyDeleteWoW eileen, the christmas sunset is just amazing, i missed it!!
ReplyDeleteyour goldfinches are adorable, mine have just started to return. i have not seen them since summer!!
sounds like a wonderful christmas!!
Fine!!!.. So nice.. Have a nice day.. Regards..
ReplyDeletethe last picture kind of brings me some tears of joy, so beautiful and amazing nature!!! happy Christmas Eileen and to your family too.
ReplyDeleteHi Eileen. So glad you had a good Christmas! Your skies are just gorgeous, and I really like that last one with the geese flying through: fabulous!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful birds and precious skyline Eileen.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous sunset on Christmas Day! I always love seeing the birds in your yard.
ReplyDeleteWow ! Wonderful Christmas sunset.
ReplyDeleteYour birs are very happy.
Greetings
lovely birds and gorgeous sunset shots!
ReplyDeleteSuch cute birds! And the sunset is fantastic! Wonderful colours!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous shots of the goldfinches and house finch on your deck. What a gift of a sunset for Christmas Day. Mercy!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful sunset with the geese and great shots of the birds in the early shots. Happy New Year ahead.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful skies.
ReplyDeletePretty little finches and wonderful skies.
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O that sunset really is so lovely
ReplyDeleteA beautiful range of sunset colours. Stunning. And love those fluffy feathers in your bird feeder.
ReplyDeleteMagnificent sunset Eileen, wow!!! Happy New Year to you!
ReplyDeleteYour first photo is absolutely adorable. Thanks for sharing your gorgeous Christmas sunset.
ReplyDeleteLove the finches, and the sunsets are really awsome, specialy with geese flying through,
ReplyDeleteHope you had an enjoyable Christmas, and all the very best for 2014.
Take care, Gordon.
...what, no snow? I start to think everyone is having snow 'on the other side' but I know that's not true. Lovely bird photos and bet you were itching to start clicking with your camera again
ReplyDeleteJust the sort of Christmas I like, all good things and no responsibility. I too was lucky in that regard with our celebrations in the lower house with my daughter's family.
ReplyDeleteGreat to watch your birds instead of basting one in the oven and such a lovely sky to bless you at the end of the day.
Wishing you a Happy and healthy New Year dear Eileen.
Beautiful bird photos and awesome sky shot for SWF ~ Happy New Year to you ~ carol, xxx
ReplyDeleteBeautiful bird and sunset.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this.
Wish you a Happy New Year.
From Hilda
Gorgeous shots, Eileen!
ReplyDeleteBest wishes for 2014!
That is a gorgeous sunset!
ReplyDeleteThat was a spectacular Christmas sunset.
ReplyDeleteI hope that you had a Merry Christmas and I wish a Happy New Year.
Lovely birds and gorgeous sunset photos, Eileen!
ReplyDeleteGreetings, RW & SK
These are lovely!
ReplyDeleteStunning sunset moments, Eileen. Love it.
ReplyDeleteHappy holidays :)
What a beautiful sunset, especially the one with the geese. Happy New year.
ReplyDeleteLovely shots! Wishing you a magical year ahead.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos of the birds and wow, what a sunset. Happy New Year to you.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful - every one of them!
ReplyDeleteI especially like the last one
Have a wonderful week-end!
Lea
What a fantastic sunset, Eileen!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing and enjoy your weekend. Wishing you and your family a happy and healthy New Year.
I have heard goldfinch north of the farm in the fields, but they are making themselves scarce at the feeders this year. Lovely images Eileen! xo
ReplyDeleteHi! Nice captures. Your bird photos are always very cute. The sunset photos are very fantastic. Thanks for sharing. Wishing you a Happy New Year.
ReplyDeleteHi Eileen, Oh the geese are really showing well with that fiery sunset behind. Beautiful. The little finches of both types are so adorable. Have a pleasant weekend!
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful these pictures of the birds and especially picture 3 I find super nice.
ReplyDeleteWonderful to see. Many beautiful birds
The colors of your air are also great. What a wonderful island is.
Greetings,. Helma
Sounds like you enjoyed a delightful Christmas! Glad you had time to watch your yard birds too! ;)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful glow,Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
ReplyDeleteI love the fabulous sunset shots! And I always love seeing pretty birds. Cute shot of the Goldfinch!
ReplyDeleteStunning sunset! I love that one with the flying greese! The birds in the first 3 pictures are also lovely. Best regards.
ReplyDeletePięknie słońce zachodziło na niebie i piękne były z pewnością Twoje Święta. Pozdrawiam.
ReplyDeleteBeautifully sun was setting in the sky and the beautiful were certainly your Christmas. Yours.
What wonderful Christmas gifts your sweet bird visitors and that glorious sunset were! The last photo is my favorite - those colors!!!! And the geese flying across it add such wonderful life and depth and movement and joy. Happy Holidays, Eileen!
ReplyDeleteSuperb sunsets
ReplyDeleteyour sunset was much prettier then mine :) Glad you had a fine christmas. :)
ReplyDeleteI really like the first and last shots - the green tones in the first and the flock of birds in the second.
ReplyDeleteHope you have a good New Year.
Cheers - Stewart M - Melbourne
Wow! The sunset is just so stunning. Gorgeous photos. Glad to hear you had a good Christmas :)
ReplyDeleteStunning sky and pretty little birds!!
ReplyDeleteThe last one is just gorgeous, with those flying birds.
ReplyDeleteYou are doing great work. Well done!
ReplyDeleteYour little finches are gorgeous, lovely shots! And what a glorious sunset with those geese flying by as if you'd specially ordered the fly by. Wishing you a wonderful New Year.
ReplyDeleteThose sunset sots are gorgeous Eileen and the birds are very cute. Thank you for sharing such joy :) Have a happy new year!
ReplyDeleteBreathtaking sunset !The birds are very cute!
ReplyDeleteHave agreat day!