Sandy had a church event, and since she doesn’t get a chance to “dress up” very often I decided to shoot her. Of course she asked for Minnie Pearl to be included 🤦🏻♂️.
Category Archives: Animals
Beak Brain
Minnie Pearl will sit for hours under Sandy’s chair as she works on her computer. She can be quite moody, so I shot this “moody” portrait.
Burdsday
Today by some stroke of luck the burd photography gods granted me the opportunity to shoot that ever so shy female kingfisher in the backyard that I’ve been chasing forever. Also later in the day, what I believe was a hairy woodpecker right in front of Paul & Brenda’s.
Smoky sweltering days
We’re going through a heatwave here and it’s quite unpleasant. Even the burds are looking for shade. On top of that the smoke from all the fires are making the air horrible.
Phoebe Prankster
That adolescent Phoebe is is getting on my nerves. Good thing I checked the camera before I ran downstairs.
Spidey
Found this 1 on the doormat.
Princess Phoebe
Sandy came to me complaining about a Princess Phoebe in the backyard. So I went to check it out. Sure enough feed me, feed me. Today’s youth…
Baby Baby
Saw a baby house sparrow. It was pretty fearless and allowed me to get pretty close.
Lagoon tension
Quite a bit of action this morning. The young ducky was alone all morning. It has learned early on the diving technique when under attack from the night herons. I expect this will happen when you see all your siblings get swallowed whole.
Bag Burd
Minnie Pearl has developed this unhealthy obsession with paper bags. She’ll enter these bags many times a day. She’ll scream and bites her way through it. We can’t seem to agree on what type of behavior this is. Sandy thinks she is looking for a nest. I think she is exorcising the bad cheeseburger spirits …