New Years Day 2011

There are a ton of birds at my feeding area right now.  Here's the list:

• Juncos
• Towhees
• Black Capped Chickadees
• Mourning Doves
• Willow Goldfinches
• Rosy Finches
• Song Sparrows

The oddest of all of these is the Towhees with their red eye.  They look evil.  If I were to toss some peanuts out, I would no doubt bring the stellar jays down from the trees, and when the flickers discover the suet, they will be here too.   I saw a varied thrush earlier this morning, but I think he got chased off by the little guys.

I purchased a cool window feeder from Wild Birds Unlimited, and it's giving me some up close photo ops...  if only the little buggers would hold still.

Note:  It took 30 minutes for the jays to arrive......

Hey.. La Nina... Go Home!

Fall is here. With a vengeance... Ok, that word looks funny...  anyway, Yes, fall has arrived in the Pacific NW. The blustery weather is awesome, and I love watching it. It seems like just last week we were trying to figure out what we were going to do this summer, heh...  I guess it's time to plan for NEXT summer now.  I think I have most of my Christmas Cards made, Birthdays are done until January, It's time to settle down and get into the Holiday mood. (Rather hard to do with a background serenade of hairball vomiting. 

Pampas Recovery

I am happy to announce that my pampas grass that I cut back to nothing last May has recovered and rewarded me with a lovely "pamp". 


I should mention that my dog is insane. She cannot accept the fact that she is a dog, and yet she loves to bark at "kitties".