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iNaturalist…

21 Saturday May 2022

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I watched a Ducks Unlimited webinar a few days ago on dragonflies and damselflies…

it was interesting and I learned some new things about them… I also learned more about iNaturalist, a free app that I have on the phone…

up until now, I’ve usually used Merlin to search out a species, whether birds or other creatures… going forward I will try to use iNaturalist to record what I find… and I will be what they call a citizen scientist, lol…

recorded this little flycatcher… first time I’ve seen one of them;-)…

guttering…

07 Saturday May 2022

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a few days ago, I spotted five flickers in the field… like the robins, they never got close enough so I could get them all in one picture…

then I went searching for what a group of them is called, and found this:

it is always a treat to see them in the Spring and Fall…

while they are searching the grass for their goodies they move very quickly so it can be difficult to get a good photo… this one was photobombed, lol…

deer…

04 Wednesday May 2022

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Sunday afternoon I spent at least fifteen minutes at the front window…

I had looked up from my reading and spotted something moving in the field across the creek…

when I got up to take a closer look, I saw a deer looking around for something to eat…

as I stood and watched, another one materialized and I watched the two of them go right into the yard of the last house…

even when a person and their dog walked past on this side of the creek, they kept munching away… they can blend right in to grass or bushes…

it was a surprise to see them here, and I am thinking the winter has been hard for them and food is scarce…

I took a few photos although they were still fairly far away, but what a treat to catch the moment…

cherry…

26 Tuesday Apr 2022

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recently I came across a couple of pictures of cherry trees from April a number of years ago…

this first photo, which I took at the Filberg Festival in Courtenay, BC in 2011, won us a trip to Kingfisher Oceanside Resort and Spa to enjoy their Pacific Mist hydropath…

this photo was taken in New York, NY, in 2016… I think it was in Central Park..

cherry trees are just so beautiful, and clearly April is a blooming month for them;-)…

it is fun when memories remind me of special times…

listened…

23 Saturday Apr 2022

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I’ve been doing a lot of reading lately…

today I spent most of the time in the living room, with the light on, as it has been raining off and on the whole time…

besides enjoying my book I’ve also watched birds and bunnies and listened to thunder roll across the sky…

there were chickadees and house finches and juncos… a squirrel has been trying to get to the feeder on the window and I kept rapping on the window to discourage it, lol…

across the street, three bunnies have spent a good portion of the day snacking on goodies in the grass… the rain has certainly melted most of the snow, so I guess new treats have come to light…

as I write this, there is even more thunder and now a bit of lightning…

not sure if I will finish the book today…

guard…

12 Tuesday Apr 2022

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it looks like the goose couple may be moving in across the way… I’ve seen them two or three times recently…

this morning I spent time enjoying their activities…

one eats while the other acts as a guard to be sure no enemies come along and disturb them…

I think they are spending time in the creek, but I haven’t spotted them there yet…

maybe I will see a nest before long…

that is of course if they stay through the blizzard🤪…

vanished…

30 Wednesday Mar 2022

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looked out the window after yesterday’s snow and spotted many tracks…

not sure if it is just one bunny or many, many bunnies, lol…

throughout the day carrot chunks vanished from the deck… got some photos of the visitors… no idea how many, but it sure was fun to spot them whenever I was in the kitchen…

by end of day, all of the carrot bits were gone…