ho ho ho
It's the holiday homestretch and I continue to snap photos like a woman possessed during breaks from shovelling snow (check out our backyard on the left), panicked prepping and general jollity. Even worse: I've got Greg doing it, too. What should I get him for Christmas, d'you think..? I was thrilled to get photos of my favourite local bird, the Northern Flicker, this morning. They turned out well, even through a screened window! Yesterday's excitement was caused by a Red-breasted Sapsucker who showed up on one of the huge trees in our backyard then tried to perform seppuku against the back windows. After twenty minutes in a shoebox in a warm, quiet place he was quite recovered and flew away. Today he brought his mate ... and tried to do it again! Not a quick learner, that one.
I'll be back to painting after the holiday but meantime, one final day of pretending to be a nature photography blog, including a photo of Adam and Jesse being boys. Merry Christmas and a safe and happy holiday to all my blog friends.Ho ho ho!
posted by andrea at 10:15 p.m.
22 Comments:
Ho Ho Ho?
Ha Ha Hee
I'm a laughing gnome and you can't catch me!
Merry Christmas!
Opps I seem to have swallowed a hee hee there - its all that snow making me feel so playful.
Love your photos.
Maybe that Sapsucker liked the warm box...
Loving the photos and the birds. Keep on snapping and have yourself a very merry christmas.
Wow - great photos - I'm off to go and tell my friend who also takes photos of birds in her back garden - except she has less snow than you!
The best the season has to offer to you Andrea and your family. As a side note we here in Ontario received another 15 cm of snow last night. Ho Ho Ho
Beautiful pics! Looks like you're having fun with that camera!
Great photos, Andrea! That's a Flicker? I've been wondering because I love that bird but had no idea what it was.
Merry Christmas, Andrea!
Still 30 degrees (Celsius!) here...
Looks very Hallmark and I love it. From afar!
Merry Christmas, eringla.Calat! (see idlethoughts for explanation!)
The speckled one in the flicker? It's gorgeous.
Gorgeous shots. You ARE a nature photographer.
I am now adding a flock of Northern Flickers to my dream farm (three Nubian goats, one donkey, a baby hippo, mama and baby elephant, three Indian Runner ducks...and a partridge in a pear tree).
Wishing you a wonderful Christmas. In the beautiful Canadian snow :-)
Brilliant photos! I wish you a peaceful Christmas with loads of frantic photo hunts!
Hey girlfriend I'm loving the bird photos. I think I need to get my feeders closer to the house for mor photo ops.
Have a wonderful and Merry Christmas. Enjoy the snow!!
Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas amongst all that wonderful snow, Andrea!
Make sure you go outside and make snow angels! Not something you can do very often there on the Wet Coast. ;-)
The photos are fantastic! Bird id and watching is something I've always thought I'd like to take up...
The snow is gorgeous too - no "White Christmas" here is Denver. :(
Merry Christmas!
Love the photos, I think you have inspired me to put out some bird food as well and try out my new camera! Your photos are amazingly crisp, I think you are a natural.
Merry Very White Christmas!
Tracey
Brilliant pix, Andrea...and let's face it, it's about time you Left Coasters have a truly white Christmas.
I wonder if we're warmer than you today? I think they were talkin' bout -6 or something...
Anyway, hope your holiday season has been beautiful.
Such gorgeous photos! You have some very pretty visitors - I can totally understand how you can't stop taking pictures. The bottom shot of Adam and Jesse romping is the best!
Yes, I agree with Carla ~ great photos, especially the last one.
Happy New Year, Andrea.
Wonderful photography. I especially love the spotted bird, what kind is that?
Bronwyn: It's a Northern Flicker (see link). It's my favourite!
Hope your holidays have been wonderful Andrea. Your nature photography certainly is. (Don't apologize - keep posting it!)
I saw my first red shafted flicker of the season last week.
And our snow is finally 75% melted. At least the roads are mostly clear now. Hope yours are as well!
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