Cedar Waxwing Bird in the High Desert

Previous Next Meet the Cedar Waxwing! A very pretty bird in my opinion and when a flock of these fruit loving birds show up they have a very distinctive call! They sometimes arrive in good sized flocks of a dozen or more to the fruit trees! The Cedar Waxwings seam to like our honeysuckle we […]

Wilson’s Warbler Bird

Previous Next Meet the male Wilson’s Warbler ! This is one of our visitors to the garden and the small pond in 2014! Like a flash this man flew in to get a drink and perhaps something to eat. Being a insect songbird this small bird darts here and there. Stopping for brief times. The […]

Mushrooms Just Sprang Up

Previous Next When it comes to Mushrooms we have a few that appear out of no where here and there in the garden. 2014 was a GREAT year! Why? Mushroom compost is one of my soils I use along with several others I mix up. Great for the flowers so it seams! We also went […]

Wild Gray Hairstreak Butterfly

Previous Next Butterflies are fascinating creatures big and small! Watching them flutter from this place or that place is quite the hobby for many people. I am no different! On this day as I was out tending the flowers I noticed this little one fluttering here and there and thought what the hay , lets […]

Downy Woodpecker Catching a Meal

Previous Next Meet the Downy Woodpecker. The smallest woodpecker in North America. Like all woodpeckers who can be found in trees, woody bushes, or even at the backyard bird feeder. This small woodpecker has a nice disposition, well as far as wild birds go! Not afraid of humans or does not appear to be! They […]

Oregon Western Meadowlark

Previous Next I was tickled to finally get this meadowlark sitting still long enough for a photograph to be taken. These birds are quick, and around here are not all that trusting of people. They usually take off as soon as attention has been brought to whichever one I happen to see. In 1927 Oregon […]