I recently purchased some hardy hibiscus. I’ve always enjoyed the beauty of hibiscus plants and had one where we lived quite awhile ago. It was a tropical hibiscus and needed to be in the house. When we moved to a place where it could not get enough sun, I wasn’t able to keep it any […]
I saw a pair of loons today when I was out in the kayak. They were very accommodating, and came up around my kayak several times. They didn’t seem to care that I was there. Loons are probably one of my favourite birds to photograph. God’s handiwork is amazing.
A few days ago we realized that our hummingbird feeder was emptied during the night, so we set up our trail camera to see if we could catch a photo of the culprit. Our bandit We were amazed that the feeder wasn’t broken. It looks like he was hanging on to it and tipping it […]
I was going through some pictures from last year, and realized I didn’t post the pictures of a variety of flowers I took. So … a year late, but I wanted to put these on.
It’s been hard to get a picture of the chipping sparrow because they are hardly still. The only time I saw them still was in the bird feeder, and occasionally in the trees where it is harder to get a clear picture. They are a common sparrow to have around, according to the information I […]
It’s so nice to see the “summer” birds coming into the area. It’s a real sign of spring/summer. One of the birds we like watching for is the Great Blue Heron. We have a couple on our lake right now.
We had four trumpeter swans on our lake this week. I was only able to get pictures of three of them as the other one was too far across the lake. They are beautiful birds to watch. None of them looked like they had tags on them. They may have had leg bands on them, […]
We’ve been blessed with a flock of dark-eyed juncos in our backyard for the last week or so. They are getting more comfortable with the noises of us moving around and are coming to the window feeder more often. Usually they would just feed off of the ground and not come close to the house. […]
As far as I know, this is a sharp-shinned hawk. Apparently it is difficult to know the difference between a Sharp-Shinned Hawk and a Cooper’s Hawk. There is a difference in size, with the Sharp-Shinned Hawk being smaller than the Cooper’s Hawk. The female Sharp-Shinned is similar in size to the male Cooper’s Hawk. This […]
The river otters are back. When we were out for a walk, there was one resting on the ice and of course, I didn’t have my camera with me. I was able to get a few pictures later, but want to get some better ones as spring continues.