#birds Merry Christmas. "....and an Eastern Bluebird in a Crape Myrtle Tree"

#birds Happy Christmas Eve! Here is a tree decorated with bird "ornaments!"

#birds A pretty pileated woodpecker pecking at our suet.

#birds We are rich in birds sometimes. This is one of those times.

#birds Celebrating the solstice with American Robins.

#birds Blue Jay grabbing a LOT of peanuts at the all-you-can-eat buffet.

#blueskyartshow #openhouse I took this photo of our eastern bluebirds' nest last spring, as captured by our embedded camera. Interestingly, the screen on the tablet we use to monitor the nest reflected our home too.

#birds A blue jay looks over his shoulder, waiting for the feed tray to do it's magical re-filling thing!

#birds A younger female eastern bluebird, fluffed and ready for cold temps.

#birds A bluebird in snow

#birds A bluejay and a red-bellied woodpecker waiting for the food tray to clear out a little before they pounce.

#birds A downy woodpecker and a female cardinal sharing a suet cylinder.

#birds Here is a dark-eyed junco nicely reflecting his nickname of snowbird.

#blueskyartshow #FavoriteThings Generations of bluebirds--Papa eastern bluebird feeding two of his young.

#birds A variety of colorful birds in the snow. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

#birds A cardinal pair in the snow.

#birds I don't think this young blue jay was particularly happy about the snow.

#birds A young red-breasted woodpecker enjoying the suet and NOT banging its head against a tree for a while.

#birds One of my favorites with a snow background.

#birds I love when the white-throated sparrows get so fluffy that they look like they have a Santa beard.

#birds On a cold day, here is a very large Mourning Dove, fluffed for the cold.

#blueskyartshow #sky A beautiful blue sky decorated with wispy clouds and a heron.

#birds A coquettish female cardinal in the snow.

#birds We got a bit of snow last night and the world is suddenly full of holiday cheer. The snowbirds (dark-eyed juncos) are in their element.

#birds Needing a sweet little bluebird right now, and one just happened to show up.

#birds For woodpecker Wednesday, we have a Red-bellied taking a peanut from the selection.

#birds A robin by the side of a small lake.

#birds For blue Monday, let's have a hopeful blue--this young bluebird just on the edge of adulthood.

#birds It's a gloomy drizzly day, so let's have some bright rose-breasted grosbeaks from last spring.

#blueskyartshow #warmth

#birds a tufted titmouse

#birds it's Black Friday. Don't buy from big corporations today. Don't use credit cards if you can possibly avoid it. This common gackle implores you to make your power known!

#birds Sweet little chickadee wishes all a happy Thanksgiving.

#birds Female eastern bluebird.

#birds A sharp-looking nuthatch

#birds A young blue Jay checking me out. He does not look impressed.

#birds A red-bellied woodpecker has decided to help himself to some of the bluebird food.

#birds a real crow's nest, not the nautical kind.

#blueskyartshow #small Small is relative--a baby deer is small next to its mama.

#birds A female cardinal posed for me today and made me smile.

#birds A beautiful eastern bluebird.

#birds A carolina wren looking unusually stern. I don't think it cares much for pedophiles and their enablers.

#birds Dark-eyed juncos dribbling through our yard now.

#birds A Monday morning mourning dove.

#birds Yesterday, after several weeks being AWOL, two male eastern bluebirds showed up looking to see what was up. As we get further into fall, we'll see more bluebirds, if history stays the course.

#birds How about a squirrel for Saturday, one taking a sip at the birdbath.

#blueskyartshow #bright A bright Blue Morpho butterfly feeding off bright fruit-at our local Botanical Gardens.

#birds A ruby-crowned kinglet, rather rare in our yard.

#birds It's Thurs-Jay, so here are a few bluejays stuffing their beaks as the weather gets cold.