A Day in the Woods...

Two chickadees

Downy woodpecker

Red bellied woodpecker

Hidden Brown creeper

Less hidden Brown Creeper

Another Red bellied.

The view from the bottom of the Minnesota River Valley.

Hairy woodpecker.

Decaying tree looking like rock.

 

Taking a Breath in November...

So, it is sunny and 21° outside (windchill has it at 8°)and I am glad to have the opportunity to take a breath and clean up a little. Yesterday, I worked on the garage, and today I am moving indoors and I am going to tackle my office space a bit. The first part of the cleaning was to go through pictures I have taken recently and see if any of them are keepers. Here is what I found...

Flying squirrel waiting for me to leave.

It is always a delight to see the flying squirrels in the maple tree. I try to keep their feeder filled, to increase the chance of seeing them around. Here is another look...

Should I stay or should I go?

And finally...

Finally okay to return to eating.

Last weekend we went for a long walk at the Old Cedar Trail Bridge. There were not a ton of birds to be seen. A hairy woodpecker, a bald eagle, and some swans, Canadian geese in the far distance. But on our walk back toward the north side of the Minnesota River we saw a ton of sparrows and here is my best sparrow shot.

I believe this is an American Tree Sparrow. So that is the update on the birding/photography part of life...

And here I managed to capture a red-bellied woodpecker flying.

Red-bellied woodpecker