Category: birds

  • Bird Weekly – Photo Challenge – Birds Starting with an “A”

    Bird Weekly – Photo Challenge – Birds Starting with an “A”

    Week #18 challenge is Birds starting with the letter “A”. The letter “A” needs to be at the beginning of one or more of the name. For example, Some of my favorite shots are going to be shared in this post. A few have made appearances before and some are new to my blog world.…

  • Bird Weekly Round-Up – Week #17

    Bird Weekly Round-Up – Week #17

    Y’all are making it hard for me to choose a bird of the week so I’m not going to but will showcase one bird from each blogger. We had a record 16 entries plus mine this week! Woohoo! Everyone is getting a showcase this week!

  • SQUARES – Tweety

    SQUARES – Tweety

    This was Tweety, our Peach-faced Lovebird. He was one of a kind. He was trained to poop on command. Tweety was only with us for a short time as he got caught by a Red-shouldered Hawk and taken away. I’ve shared Tweety in many blogs and will continue to do so because he was a…

  • CEE’S BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO CHALLENGE – Pets & Farm Animals

    CEE’S BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO CHALLENGE – Pets & Farm Animals

    I visited Tree Hill Nature Center in Jacksonville, Florida about a week ago to primarily to do some birding with Frank. There were loads of birds out, the temperature was mild for a change and we were outside not sweating. Tree HIll is a nature preserve that I will write about in a future post.…

  • Bird Weekly – Photo Challenge – Macro/Close-Ups

    Bird Weekly – Photo Challenge – Macro/Close-Ups

    Macro photography is close-up photography of small subjects. Mostly bugs and flowers get the spotlight, but today we are doing it on Bird Weekly. Macro is an extreme close-up, but for this post, any close-up will do. I know many of you don’t have a macro lens and that is okay.

  • Bird Weekly Round-Up – Week #16

    Bird Weekly Round-Up – Week #16

    Week #16 challenge was Short legged birds. Having short legs myself, I can appreciate these birds who have to take short quick steps to get where they need to go on the ground. Unfortunately, I don’t have the ability to fly so my short little legs is all I got! We enjoyed a lot of…

  • Sunday Stills – Droplets – 9.27.20

    Sunday Stills – Droplets – 9.27.20

    This post is in response to TERRI WEBSTER SCHRANDT Sunday Stills challenge. The theme this week is Water Droplets.

  • Bird Weekly – Photo Challenge – Short Legged Birds

    Bird Weekly – Photo Challenge – Short Legged Birds

    Welcome to Week #16 of the Bird Weekly Photo Challenge. Week #16 challenge is Short Legged Birds Upcoming challenges can be found on my Bird Weekly Challenge Page. The feature image is a photo of a male Common Yellowthroat. Okay, so I came up with this theme because it is near and dear to me.…

  • Bird Weekly Round-Up – Week #15

    Bird Weekly Round-Up – Week #15

    Week #15 challenge was Birds with Green Feathers. Green is defined by mixing the two primary colors of blue and yellow which we all learned in grade school. Along with blue & purple, it is considered a cool color whereas, red, orange and yellow are warm colors. Well, there were some COOL birds shared this…

  • CEE’S BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO CHALLENGE – Fountains & Sprinklers

    CEE’S BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO CHALLENGE – Fountains & Sprinklers

    I wanted to give you images of the largest fountain I’ve ever seen and which is the fountain at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas. We didn’t take any photos, but plenty of video. If you have never seen them, I would encourage you to make a point to see them one night if you…