MARCH TO APRIL...1

Yes??....Can I help you?! Under the shade of my sacred tree, we played a game of peek-a-boo for several minutes as he bobbed in and out from behind safety of the tree trunk.

March 6...the bees overtook our bird feeders in a desperate attempt in search of pollen. They actually tripled their congregation inside the feeder after this photo was taken. After doing some research, it seems that the bees were perhaps feeding on the residual powder in the bird seed mix. It was a delicate procedure to disassemble the bird feeder in late evening when the bees were docile. My husband took the feeder to the woods' edge and carefully emptied the feeder, we then secured the feeder in a trash bag for several days.

A cold gust of wind convinced this guy to swing his tail up and across his body.

Who couldn't love this face?

REMAINDER OF FEBRUARY...1

This woodpecker claims this branch as her very own. Several times a day I can look out the window and there she is. Sometimes her eyes are completely closed.
More of the patterns that I enjoy in nature...here the early evening sun casts the long shadows of the tall trees across the pond. Contradicting that effect are the vertical images of the cattails.
Watching me... watching him!

One VERY large cloud!

IN THE MORNING...

The past few mornings offered a couple of pleasant surprises. A pair of Mourning Doves and a large squirrel have found there way to the feeder. The doves and the squirrel were photographed from inside the cabin. Now, I know that I have my work cut out for me as far as the squirrel visiting the feeder, but I was thrilled to be able to capture a few good shots. This big guy(girl?...despite the pose, I'm not sure!) was positively frightened when he saw me. I admit, I do look pretty scary in the morning! He must've scurried on every branch of this tree twice over. Up, down and all around...until I opened the side door and he took a flying leap from about 15 feet high and landed on the ground about 12 feet from the tree! I expected to find an empty feeder this morning. So far, it's still intact and my fingers are crossed.

Saturday morning as I looked out one of my back windows up the hill to see how the day was about to greet me...I was greeted with this view. This was the most colorful, spectacular sunrise I've seen yet here in the woods!

Of course, I had to venture out in the frigid cold twilight to capture this vivid sunrise, keep in mind, the coloring in these has not been enhanced, these are true colors.

Same view, I cropped the previous photo.
Here's the same view once again, only about eight minutes later, as more of the sun peeks up over the horizon.

The early bird gets the seed in this case, the first one I saw at the feeder before heading back in the cabin was a Dark-eyed Junco. My granddaughter, Celine, built that feeder out of scrap wood when she was bored one day...she did a fine job!