Tag: washington state
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September 08, 2008 04:52 PM EDT --
I saw it fly into my yard and land in my mountian ash tree. I rushed inside , well as rushed as I can get with this bum knee. Got my camera and put it in macro as I hurried ( Vivian pace ) and started . . .
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July 30, 2008 02:17 PM EDT --
I know, I know it doesn't take much to get me excited. But I love wildlife, and I get excited when it comes into my yard. Which is why my neighbor and I feed the birds. This morning we got a . . .
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August 02, 2008 06:54 PM EDT --
First let me state that I am not a redneck. I don't even care for country music. I was raised a city girl and I listen to rock mostly.
But I have discovered after living in Ellensburg, the home . . .
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September 05, 2008 01:59 PM EDT --
All photos were taken September the 5th 2008 with my Olympus C-2500L camera most in macro. In my yard in Ellensburg, Kittitas, Washington State. The first several pictures are all from my flowering . . .
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September 05, 2008 03:31 PM EDT --
As I was eating my lunch out back on the deck I noticed the gourd shaped bird house had fallen in the wind. Upon closer inspection I saw it was broken and I remembered the horents nest in it. I do realize . . .
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September 10, 2008 05:35 PM EDT --
Just some photos I'd like to share
Not sure what this is but it was on a flowering plum leaf yesterday.
A close up of a flowering plum leaf.
More leaves.
The following photos . . .
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September 03, 2008 04:29 PM EDT --
Here are some photos of what I see riding on my way to a summers camping trip in Upper Kittitas County.
We will start with August 28th 2008 on Highway 97 out of Ellensburg heading west.
Mid . . .
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November 11, 2008 06:41 PM EST --
I finally got around to cleaning out my large bird apartment house. There was only one apartment used this year. A pair of House or English Sparrows reared three broods of three fledgings each. I . . .
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December 30, 2007 02:11 PM EST --
List your Favorite Things
Copy and delete answers and put in your own.
Persons in your life:
Jesus and Family .
Candy:
Candy !!! Oh MY !! all . . .
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August 07, 2008 12:35 PM EDT --
Well Papa Sparrows third brood is fledged and the big bird house seems so empty.
I have watched as the sparrow couple raised their three broods. All the coming and going . On August the 3rd I . . .
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October 15, 2008 12:55 PM EDT --
I went for a walk at the pond and I was upset to see the old barn was torn down, even the cattle that use to feed in the pasture where gone. I hate to see these old buildings disappear, but I know . . .
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November 26, 2007 05:23 PM EST --
Please welcome my daughter-in-law Azure to Gather . She is so sweet and she even put up with us over the long Thanksgiving Holiday Pictured are the beautiful flowers she sent me for mothers day . . .
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February 25, 2008 04:01 PM EST --
I wanted to try out the super macro on my camera so this little spider was chosen as my model. Yea I know alot of you don't like spiders. But think of it this way. They eat alot of pest, fleas,and . . .
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June 06, 2007 09:21 PM EDT --
Last summer I flew out to Bellingham, Washington to be with two friends, Thiebes and Harry, I had met in Alaska 38 years before when we served as Jesuit Volunteers at St. Mary's Mission, a small Inuit . . .
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December 04, 2007 11:52 PM EST --
I made it safe and sound !! The kids are settleing down and we're making cookies. My sons house is beautiful, and they have one of those big TVs. Almost like being in the movies.
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July 26, 2008 07:33 PM EDT --
I have been spending alot of time on my deck and so I got a lot of photos of the birds that come to my feeders and birdbath.
I'll start with a male House Finch
and the back
This . . .
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July 28, 2008 02:48 PM EDT --
I love watching the birds, one of the most interesting things to watch is the males mating display. English Sparrows can raise four broods a years and that makes for lots of mating displays.
When displaying . . .
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August 04, 2008 04:02 PM EDT --
Yep I am at it again.
Here is a shot of a young Chickadee
The yellow phase of the House Finch, a female next to him and the other bird is a House Sparrow
A juvenile Steller's . . .
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August 08, 2008 01:36 PM EDT --
I have no idea what it is about a body of water that we humans find so soothing. Perhaps it stems from a primitive past where the search for water was essential for survival. What I know is . . .
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August 15, 2008 04:05 PM EDT --
Shot him with a camera that is, one of the little Red Breasted Nuthatches that frequent my feeder. I finally got a couple of good shots as I ate, or tried to my lunch just minutes ago. These little birds . . .
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