#birds Looking a little harassed, Mama Bluebird gets another load for her five fledglings.

#blueskyartshow #new New life--5 baby bluebirds getting close to fledging time.

#birds Rose-breasted grosbeak with a little snack.

#birds A female cardinal watching for a spot at the feeder.

#birds A beautiful house finch.

#birds Mourning doves for comfort today.

#birds Mama blue out getting sustenance for the babes. They only have 5-6 more days in the nest before they fledge.

#birds Five little bluebirds sitting in a nest... They are 1 week old and being well-cared for by mom and dad. Happy Easter! Happy Spring!

#blueskyartshow #openings Some things open in the dark. Here is a moonflower under a full moon.

#birds A bright yellow goldfinch. Much better than a bright orange gold fence (i.e. Donald)

#birds A young eastern bluebird

#birds Getting mooned by an eastern bluebird.

#birds What a variety in the feeding station! Cardinal, eastern bluebird, white-throated sparrow, downy woodpecker, and chickadee.

#birds A Carolina wren looking very determined about something. Maybe dinner.

#birds Blue Monday--Indigo Bunting working on a mouthful.

#birds All five of the bluebird eggs have hatched!

#birds Lots of Virginia cardinals joined the NO KINGS chorus today!

#blueskyartshow #background An nice background photo for a tablet or computer.

#birds My bluebird,on my shoulder.... Well not quite, but very cheerful nonetheless.

#birds A red-bellied woodpecker looking very content.

#birds What's up chickadee? It's spring!

#birds A big shot of color--a purple finch.

#birds Blue Monday but in a cheerful way. These two Eastern bluebirds checking out a potential nesting site is one of my favs, though it is a bit blurry from an inadequate zoom!

#birds Mourning dove and bluejay take a look at me taking a look at them.

#birds Don't often get American robins, but we've tilled up some area in our yard for a wildflower garden and I guess we've exposed some worms!

#blueskyartshow #stone A stone with megalithic carvings from a tomb at the Loughcrew Cairn in County Meath. Not all stones have to be carved to tell stories, but some are.

#birds A downy woodpecker enjoying a good hunk of suet.

#birds Red and Blue, Cardinal and male and female Eastern bluebirds

#birds A young blue jay deciding what he's in the mood for.

#birds Papa Bluebird getting a quick drink while protecting Mama Bluebird (we have 5 eggs now!).

#birds A red-winged blackbird in the most recent snow.

#birds Squirrel for a Sunday. He's just chillin and having a snack.

#birds A line of American goldfinches

#blueskyartshow #horizontal When an old tree falls down, becoming horizontal, it becomes a platform for new life.

#birds Two male cardinals, shining bright in the foggy morning.

#birds Mood: Mourning Dove

#birds Red-bellied woodpecker for Woodpecker Wednesday. Aren't they a beautiful bird, especially this time of year?

#birds Female cardinals look rather punk-ish and I love them for it.

#birds American goldfinch doing their best nuthatch impression.

#birds This grey catbird is soft beauty--needed right now with so much ugliness in the world.

#birds Blue jays tell a blackbird to bugger off when it interrupts their breakfast, while a mourning dove hangs out for when the jays leave. Two birds-two strategies for getting food in spite of the jays.

#blueskyartshow #flowing A Cotswold village in early spring

#birds Spring (actually, summer) weather today has the bluebirds out building nests. This is one of my favorite photos of a few years ago--Papa eastern bluebird checking on the progress of Mama eastern bluebird as she sits on the eggs.

#birds As winter begins to wind down, all but one of our dark-eyed juncos have moved on.

#birds Big borb and little borb. Mourning dove with white-throated sparrow.

#birds It's a two for Tuesday photo of eastern bluebirds.

#birds A young hermit thrush

#birds Yellow-bellied sapsucker

#blueskyartshow #round A round copper kettle is used to make apple butter the old way, taught down through generations.

#birds An eastern bluebird