October drifted into our lives, already alive in colors changing to their true hues, with several flocks in flight stirring up fallen leaves beneath our stately Rock Maple trees. Cedar Waxwings, Ruby-crowned Kinglets, solitary Blue-headed Vireos and Bluebirds flit about calling out in high pitched trills and tweets. A pair of Pileated Woodpeckers dash and tear the sheath of air around the shivering, nearly golden Black Cherry. Everything is in constant motion most all of the time, but just now … [Read more...] about October Changing Light and Hues Flights Stirring Fallen Leaves
October Changing Light and Hues Flights Stirring Fallen Leaves
October drifted into our lives, already alive in colors changing to their true hues, with several flocks in flight stirring up fallen leaves beneath our stately Rock Maple trees. Cedar Waxwings, Ruby-crowned Kinglets, solitary Blue-headed Vireos and Bluebirds flit about calling out in high pitched trills and tweets. A pair of Pileated Woodpeckers dash and tear the sheath of air around the shivering, nearly golden Black Cherry. Everything is in constant motion most all of the time, but just now … [Read more...] about October Changing Light and Hues Flights Stirring Fallen Leaves
Birds in Review Part XXVII ‘A Bird Parade’ Blue-headed Vireo and Red-eyed Vireo
There are no blooms in my gardens as yet, but I am up to my neck in colorful plumes searching through my archives to create the Flower Hill Farm 'Bird Parade.' A catalog of the many birds that visit, live and breed in my gardens and forest from the last two years. The procession continues on with two Vireos. A Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius) seems to be keenly eying for insects in the Crabapple Orchard. I wonder about tiny insect eyes gaping back at these wide eyes of … [Read more...] about Birds in Review Part XXVII ‘A Bird Parade’ Blue-headed Vireo and Red-eyed Vireo
