Around the Yard, Sept 18

I am linking up with NF Winged   and  Skywatch Friday

September 19, 2013

My favorite time of the week is seeing skies from around the world. I am linking up with Skywatch Friday. Will you be joining in on the fun and post your sky photos. Also, I have a few birds for NF Winged. These photos were taken from Saturday thru today.

A view of the sun setting from our deck.

My cute hummers were still zooming around me on Saturday. I was happy to see three of them at my feeders.

Beside the pokeberries the birds seem to love these devil's walking stick berries. We planted a few bushes in the yard just for the birds.

The male Goldfinch is still showing off his pretty summer colors.

Hubby is sharing his sunset photos from our lake.

It was a pretty pinkish sunset with beautiful reflections!

The water turned a beautiful pink color.

Hubby has a great eye for a gorgeous sunset, what do you think?


  Happy Skywatching everyone!

Thanks for visiting my post and  blog and I always appreciate your comments.

To see more pretty skies from around the world please visit  Skywatch Friday
and to see more of the winged critters check out NF Winged

Thanks to Sylvia, Yogi  and Sandy for hosting Skywatch Friday! Thanks to Monica the host of NF Winged.   I wish everyone a safe and happy weekend.

September 12th already?

I am linking up with NF Winged   and  Skywatch Friday

September 12, 2013

These are photos from the first week of September, taken in our yard or around the reservoir. I am sharing some of my birds for NF Winged and some sky shots for Skywatch Friday. I hope you all can join in and share your sky captures and the birds, butterflies or other winged photos.

The Eastern Wood PeWee is still seen hanging around, a cute bird.

The Gray Catbird has been caught eating the berries, I was expecting to see warblers eating these berries.

I did manage to catch this fall version of a Chestnut-sided Warbler in our weeping cherry tree. Not a great photo, but it is another record of my warbler yardbird.

A sunset from my backyard, I like the tree silhouettes and the pretty pinkish color on the horizon.

Hubby's shot of the sunset over the reservoir.

Hubby's reflection shot..capturing the pink clouds and sunset on the reservoir.


  Happy Skywatching everyone!

Thanks for visiting my post and  blog and I always appreciate your comments.

To see more pretty skies from around the world please visit  Skywatch Friday
and to see more of the winged critters check out NF Winged

Thanks to Sylvia, Yogi  and Sandy for hosting Skywatch Friday! Thanks to Monica the host of NF Winged.   I wish everyone a safe and happy weekend.

SWF>Blue Moon & Reflections

Hi another week has rolled around and I am linking up my post with Skywatch Friday

These are some local shots of our reservoir, the blue moon and a few of my yard birds.

 In morning before leaving for work I was able to catch the almost full Blue Moon setting.

The sky from my deck, the clouds were beautiful.

 One of my pretties, the American Goldfinch found something yummy on this seashell I have sitting on my deck.

A first of the winter season bird has already arrived to the woods around my house, a really Red-breasted Nuthatch. What a cutie one of my favorites. I hope this does not mean we will be having an early winter. I am not looking forward to snow at all.

The reflection of the sky on the lake.

In the evening the blue moon was rising above the lake. I hope you enjoyed my skies and birds of course.

Thanks to Sylvia and Sandy for hosting Skywatch Friday!. Thank you for stopping by to see my post. I wish everyone a safe and happy weekend.


To see more beautiful skies from around the world check out Skywatch Friday

Sunday morning walk

This morning hubby and I went out for a walk on the fireroad closest to our house. I am trying to get back into the groove after being off for my hand surgery. The fireroad still has 3-6 inches of snow and is difficult to walk in but I guess it is good exercise. Kind of like walking in sand ..it feels like a real workout.  My Goldie Girl does not seem to have any trouble walking thru the snow.

On this shot you can see some of our reservoir thru the trees. Most of the lake looks frozen.

Goldie Girl doesn't seem to mind me stopping so I can listen for the birds. We could see deer and other animal tracks all along the fireroad as we walked.



















I was looking and listening for the birds as we walked. I could hear Canada geese in the distance, Bluejays and crows seemed to be fussy, a woodpecker knocking, the cute sounds of the Tufted Titmouse, Downy Woodpeckers and Chickadees. A Red Tailed hawk was flying over my yard just as we arrived home from our walk.

A Red Tailed hawk and a pretty blue sky. you can really see the distinctive red tail on this shot.

I am link up with Mary's Mosaic Monday and That's My World.  Thanks to Mary and the hosting gang at That's My World. Also, thanks for stopping by to see my post. I everyone has a great week.

Our neighborhood reservoir

This is the reservoir that is within walking distance from my house. On Sunday, hubby and I and the dog took a walk on the fireroad and came back along the lakeshore. The reservoir is low so we are able to walk along the shore. It not good that the reservoir is low but I do love to walk along the shore. When the water is at normal levels the water is right next to the tree line. During our walk I saw along the waters edge all these feathers. There is a line of white feathers all along the waters edge. I can only assume they are from the Canada Geese that frequently visit the lake. If anyone can id the feathers, in case I am wrong I would appreciate the help


If you click on this shot you get  a better view of the white feathers along the shore.

Feathers along the shore mostly small white feathers

As you can see the water level is low, we have had a dry summer.

A little bit of Autumn colors

My Goldie Girl just had a bath so no swimming allowed.

Some more pretty colors along the fireroad

I am linking up with 2sweetnsaxy's Watery Wednesday and

Susan's Outdoor Wednesday  Click on the links to visit these fun memes.

Thanks to these great hosts and thanks for stopping by my post and blog.

Walk to the lake

I am adding Weekend Reflections  to this post. Check out the reflections of the trees around my lake photo. And if you click on my Goldie Girl swimming, there is a cute reflection of her face and nose. Thanks to James for hosting Weekend Reflections.


For Watery Wednesday, Outdoor Wednesday and Nature Notes I am posting some of my photos from our walk to the lake near our house.

Wildlflower seen by the lake

This is an ovenbird, they seem to be common in the woods next to my house

The fireroad going to the lake

A pretty day for a walk

I hope you enjoyed my walk to our lake and I am link up with

Weekend Reflections Click on the link to see more wonderful reflections.

Watery Wednesday  click on my link to see more watery shots

Outdoor Wednesday  click on the link to see more of the great outdoors

Nature Notes  click here to visit Michelle's great Nature post.

Thansk to all the wonderful host and thanks for stopping by.

Bird bath

We had a rainy weekend and there were puddles everywhere. The birds didn't seem to mind the rain in fact they seem to love the puddles. My neighbors driveway had some good size puddles that the birds used for their bathing.

One time I looked out the Robin was enjoying its bath time in the puddle.

The next time I looked out my bluebird couple were out bathing in the same puddle.

This is Mrs Blue trying to dry out

                                 The catbird preferred to use our pond as a bath.

One of the waterlilies in our pond

My Goldie Girl prefers to swim in the nearby lake.

This is my Watery Wednesday post and to see more click on my link. Thanks for stopping by to see my post and thanks to 2sweetnsaxy for hosting Watery Wednesday