Category: photo challenge

  • SQUARES – Bright Berry

    SQUARES – Bright Berry

    This bright red heart-shaped strawberry was hanging on it’s vine begging for me to pick it. I did and within a day, it was a deep dark red and tasty!

  • Thursday Trio – Mergansers

    Thursday Trio – Mergansers

    Three Common Mergansers swam next to our inflatable kayak that we took to Grand Teton National Park. There were actually six in total, but I was only able to get 3 in the frame at a time. They were close, the boat was rocking and I was trying not to lose my paddle while taking…

  • A-Z Challenge – U is for Upland Game Bird

    A-Z Challenge – U is for Upland Game Bird

    Upland Game Birds are a select species of birds in the Phasianidae family with the exception of the Northern Bobwhite and Scaled Quail that are in the Odontophoridae family, plus the Plain Chachalaca in the Cracidae family.

  • A-Z Challenge – T is for Titmouse

    A-Z Challenge – T is for Titmouse

    The Tufted Titmouse is a small gray bird with a loud voice that echoes through the forest that it inhabits. They are frequent visitors to feeders.

  • SQUARES – Merry and Bright

    SQUARES – Merry and Bright

    Do you realize that it is exactly 8 months until Christmas! In about 6 1/2 to 7 months, we will all be in the thrills of the holiday season.

  • A-Z Challenge – S is for Sanderling

    A-Z Challenge – S is for Sanderling

    Sanderlings are small plump sandpipers. In breeding colors, they have rusty, black and white mottling.

  • SQUARES – Brighter Times

    SQUARES – Brighter Times

    Koi Ponds are always intriguing to me. Often times there is a waterfall of some sort which makes this not only eye pleasing but provides a zen feeling to one’s aura while observing the brightly colored fish.

  • Bird Weekly – Photo Challenge – Birds that Begin with an “F”

    Bird Weekly – Photo Challenge – Birds that Begin with an “F”

    Welcome to Week #44 of the Bird Weekly Photo Challenge. Week #44 challenge is Birds beginning with the letter “F” (if a bird has more than one word of the name, you can use it as long as it begins with a “F”, ie: Ferruginous Hawk or House Finch)

  • Bird Weekly Round-Up – Week #43

    Bird Weekly Round-Up – Week #43

    I guess Week #43 Baby Birds proved to be a hard week for everyone. Thank you for being patient with me as I try to recover from the past two days. I hope to post Week #44 Bird Weekly today by end of day.

  • A-Z Challenge – R is for Roseate Spoonbill

    A-Z Challenge – R is for Roseate Spoonbill

    Roseate Spoonbills are pale pink and white birds with a patch of brighter pink on the shoulders and rump. They are so named because of their spoon-shaped bill. Crustaceans and other aquatic invertebrates contain pigments called carotenoids that help turn their feathers pink after they eat them. The more they eat, the brighter pink in…