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Melissa | March 25, 2010
My oldest daughter got close-up pictures of a Mr. and Mrs. Mallard swimming around in a wetland at a park last week.
Seeing this Mr. and Mrs. Mallard reminded me of the most wonderful book Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey, you may be familiar with that one. If not, be sure to check it [...]
Melissa | February 16, 2010
Today I was able to capture some photos of a female Northern Flicker at our suet feeder. We know she’s a she because of the lack of a black mustache on either side of her beak. In our bird book the Northern Flicker is listed as an insect eater, specifically ants and beetles, and is [...]
Melissa | February 15, 2010
It has snowed and snowed and snowed today! We already had a couple of inches on the ground, but now we have at least 7 more! Here are some photos I took.
My Gabby Rose is so small compared to the high drifts of snow.
Male Northern Cardinal in tree near feeders.
Northern Cardinal at feeders.
AND, I’m so [...]
Melissa | January 17, 2010
For our poetry this past week we focused on the poem, When All the World is Full of Snow by N.M. Bodecker.
This beautiful poem is excellent to read for vivid metaphors such as…”and swarming frost flakes fill the trees with billions of albino bees.”
Whenever we read poetry it seems to inspire art, so that is [...]
Melissa | January 7, 2010
I’m still trying to get used to using my new video camera. I took a couple of videos today of the snow and bird feeders and uploaded them. One is from this morning and one is from this afternoon.
Melissa | January 3, 2010
I took this photo yesterday while bird feeder watching. Due to the bitter cold temps our feeders were literally swamped with birds, especially American Goldfinches; I counted 20 at one time! After I viewed this photo I had to giggle because I could just imagine what Mr. and Mrs. Cardinal were thinking.
How about you? Do [...]
