Tag: environment
group name: allcrittersshow
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April 18, 2008 02:24 PM EDT --
All photos were taken through my back window. I tried to take as many clear phots as possible but such is life. As soon as I open the door they were gone.
Stopped counting at fifty, all three . . . more
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April 12, 2008 04:58 PM EDT --
It's 70 degrees out today in Ellensburg. So I have been spending a lot of time outside. I noticed as I ate my lunch on the deck, a pair of chickadees checking out one of my many birdhouses. They are . . . more
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October 20, 2006 10:38 PM EDT --
I have written a few articles before about one of my aunts. She is eighty one years old and lives by herself. She lives in a small house in a quiet neighborhood. There are woods behind her home.
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April 30, 2008 09:49 PM EDT --
Yesterday evening as I sat out on the deck I saw him. The most beautiful little bird. Even prettier than the gold fenches that arrive by the droves.
This guy has a brillant turquoise head and . . . more
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February 10, 2008 02:43 PM EST --
No, No it's the Red Winged Blackbirds, but only the males. They arrive before the females to choose the best territory.
It is spelled Fiorito ( I have been misspelling it for sometime . . . more
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February 29, 2008 12:39 PM EST --
I was so please when I noiticed the Sellers Jays showing up for their peanuts. I quickly grabbed my camera, blanket, and my coffee. To take some pictures. Usualy they aren't very shy and I can . . . more
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March 19, 2008 12:06 PM EDT --
The other day we were at the pond and I couldn't see my Jack Russels ! I could hear them, that snorting they do when hunting for rodents, but not see my little darlings.. Then I saw the dead weeds . . . more
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June 25, 2008 12:52 PM EDT --
I am often amused by the antics of the birds I watch. Even the adults can be funny. The male gold finches when they fight it sounds like the battle of the squeaky toys. I watched a pair of them on my . . . more
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June 26, 2008 10:34 AM EDT --
Just minutes ago Autumn notice something move next to the back faucet. Upon closer inspection we discovered it was a Morning Dove and from the way it was acting it wasn't long for this world.
Being . . . more
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May 05, 2008 02:19 PM EDT --
The bird feeders right outside my dinging room window were just swarmed with Evening Grosbeaks. I had my camera all packed and had to quicky unpack it letting things fall to the floor. I got my photos . . . more
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May 28, 2008 04:20 PM EDT --
When camping I enjoy the wildlife, so when it's safe I encourage it. ( I would never encourage a bear for example ) One of the things I like to do is put out a Humming Bird feeder. . . . more
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July 19, 2008 01:41 PM EDT --
I saw three moths drowning in the dogs water so I had to safe them. I'm such a softy. I scooped them out of the water and allowed them to dry on the deck and on one of Williams tools he had . . . more
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June 04, 2008 05:49 PM EDT --
Wouldn't ya know it , the little buggers show up when I'm inside. So all photos are taken through the window and two of them through the screen. Otherwise they would have just flown off as soon . . . more
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September 05, 2007 11:34 AM EDT --
I'm back from my week long camping trip. We camped in the Reecer Creek area outside of Ellensburg. High enough that we had Camp Robbers ( Grey Jays) visit. I was the youngest camper there, most . . . more
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June 01, 2008 03:30 PM EDT --
Sitting out on my back deck, the birds have become less afriad of me and my camera. They have paired off now and I have even had some fledglings at the feeder. In fact one almost landed on me as I took . . . more
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June 19, 2008 02:57 PM EDT --
I took these great photos of a female House Finch.
It is almost like she posed for me isn't it?
taken June 19th 2008
at Ellensburg, Kittitas, washington
with Olympus c-2500 . . . more
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June 18, 2008 12:42 PM EDT --
The first time I photographed them this year was May 5th and they appeared a couple of days before that. All males at first, with the females showing up shortly afterwards. They were ravenous, . . . more
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June 19, 2008 03:52 PM EDT --
Often in the evenings, when we watch a movie my eyes drift off out the window. A number of my bird feeders hang within veiw of my dining room window. I set it up this way so on cold or hot days I . . . more
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May 10, 2008 04:23 PM EDT --
At my large brid feeder there are side pockets for suet. In the warmer months I place peanuts for the jays. Bot Steller's and Ravens a like enjoy my gift of food. Yesterday as I sat out in the . . . more
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June 06, 2008 02:47 PM EDT --
I spotted this finch a female I think gathering dandilion seeds in her beck. My guess is for lining her nest.
I couldn't help but think take as much as you want and bring all your friends. . . . more
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