Saturday, March 21, 2009

Speak of the devil...

Not one hour after posting the tree picture below, we looked out to find a Pileated Woodpecker making a new hole in the very same tree! We looked it up and it was almost exactly a year ago that he (or one of his brothers) first visited us.

This picture was taken with a shutter speed of 1/200th of a second - his head is moving!

Tree


I love this old maple tree behind our house. It's gracefully reaching the end of it's long life. A pileated woodpecker has gone to town on it in a couple spots making small (actually some are quite large) homes for other smaller creatures. If we are very very lucky we'll get a family of flickers to nest in it.

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Morning Barn...

Morning shot of one of my favorite barns with the moon about to call it a night...

Saturday, March 14, 2009

Cardinal Zin...

Another spotting of a cardinal in the area... Hope to see more of them through the summer.

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Sunday, March 08, 2009

Thursday, March 05, 2009

Happy Birthday Patrick...

My nephew Patrick would be 28 tomorrow were it not for the attack on the USS Cole in October 2000. I wonder what he would be up to on his birthday; I bet it would be fun and probably a bit of trouble! I miss you Pat.

Wednesday, March 04, 2009

Take Off...


Another shot that didn't get to the photo contest - I love this picture of the cargo plane lifting off the flower...