Friday, April 6, 2012

Birds and Flowers from April 4, 2012

Welcome to my new post of some photographs I recently took of some of my Bird friends and some flowers we have growing here in the Mountains of Western North Carolina.

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Cardinal

Cardinal friend of mine

Hunting food

Let me look over here

Can't a Guy get a bit of privacy when going to the bathroom?


Dianthus Flowers


Another shot


A Mourning Dove over my head


Taking off for breakfast..over there


an Eastern Meadowlark


Close up of Eastern Meadowlark


Cute little House Finch


House Finch having breakfast at our feeder


Coming in for a landing..friends join in for breakfast


The Gang is all here...oh Yummy


one of my Northern Mocking Bird friends


Northern Mocking Bird


Northern Mocking Bird with a "Bad Hair" day


All made up in her best feathers..Northern Mocking Bird


Go ahead, take my picture, you know you can't resist


Our Friendly Robin on my Gourd fence


I am always trying to get a different pose


Some of our Bleeding Heart flowers next to the cabin


I hope you enjoy my photographs and feel free to leave a comment, so I know you have been here, and to also let me know that I am not posting in vain.

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

More Photographs form April 1,2012- Encounter with a Canada Goose

April 1, 2012 continued....Before I went out to shoot Apple Blossoms and other flowers I walked out into our front yard to do a bit of photographing with the birds and flowers there.

While shooting some Cardinals and a Northern Mocking Bird I looked to my left down the road, and what  my wondering eyes saw was quite a surprise, there in the middle of the road was a Canada Goose just standing there and looking around. Suddenly I saw a car approaching, and that crazy Goose just stood there, oblivious to the oncoming danger of being squished by something much bigger than she was.

Below see the progression of that encounter, which I will say, turned out good for the Goose.

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The Goose just stood there after the car went around her..so I walked down along beside the road to within 10 ft. of her and took her photograph before she finally decided to fly off to join others.

Now I will present for your viewing some of the other photographs I took that morning before the "Goose Incident".

A Cardinal in the brush just at sunrise.


A Northern Mocking Bird sits on the wire above my head
chatting away like crazy in every combination of tweets He could come up with.


He only stopped for a moment to look at His feet as if checking them to see if there was any dirt on them.


The last of the Tulip Blooms in front of the Propane Tank.


A busy White Crowned Sparrow having breakfast in our tray feeder.


A Day Of Apple Blossoms

I have been busy taking photographs again, on April 1,2012 I decided to go out and shoot some beautiful Apple Blossoms.

Below you can see some of the Apple Blossoms as well as some other flowers that I photographed.

As usual, you may click on any image to enlarge for a better view.

Apple Blossoms

Apple Blossoms

Apple Blossoms

And still more Apple Blossoms

Just the buds of a Blossom

Isn't Nature wonderful with Her plethora of colors?

Last but not least,a final Apple Blossom


Not sure of the name of these, I call them "Blue Bells"
                                       

Choke Cherry Blossoms

Another Wild Flower

Some Wild Violets