Smoke rises

This morning I decided to head out to our wetlands area. On Wednesday they did a controlled burn, generally an annual event in the spring. Last year they did not do the burn due to extreme drought. Instead they dug out areas of the reeds and grasses. It was quite messy, and I’m not sure…

Peaceful state of mind

“Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful.” ~ Norman Vincent Peale

Eat That Frog!

To some, it may be a self help book on procrastination. To this Black-crowned Night-Heron, it’s breakfast ๐Ÿ˜Š With some patience, on both my part and the heron’s, together we were able to see this through to the final act. Well worth the wait. ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿธ Happy Bird!

Bird Weekly- Photo Challenge -Brown feathered friends

Lisa challenges us this week on her post here, looking for birds with brown feathers. Here is another newly discovered bird for me, this cute little Ruddy Duck! The colorful one would be the male, and the pretty brown one would be his little female friend. ๐ŸคŽ๐ŸคŽ๐ŸคŽ๐ŸคŽ๐ŸคŽ๐ŸคŽ๐ŸคŽ This sweet little bird below is a White-crowned…

Bird Weekly-Photo Challenge -tail feathers to the sky

This week’s Bird Weekly – Photo Challenge: Birds with their butts in the air caught my eye. What a cute challenge! After looking through some of last year’s photos I was surprised how many I found that fit the bill. ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿฆ† The photos below from the wetlands are my favorites. However, I will confess that…