Wild Bird Wednesday

The Sandhill Cranes have returned ... We saw a group fly in on our way home from the airport after the Thailand trip ... it seemed early, but apparently not ....

This youngster ( I am assuming because he is unhitched and is still gray which means he hasn't done the mud thing with a mate yet :) is walking in an area where I generally see a pair that has been coming back here for a long time.  It is possible that he is a first year that has returned to his original home. And, what a beautiful specimen :)

He was as curious about us as we were him ... kept coming closer which I was loving.  Eventually he turned and went the other way so we left.  Further down the road we spotted the pair that I had referred to, searching for left overs in a corn field.  More on them later :)

Andrea

Wild Bird Wednesday

Snow Birds ... will it ever end?

So cold, but they seem to tolerate it well.  

Andrea

And,  just for fun.  If you haven't seen this you will LOL :)

NF DAM Digital Art Meme

Andrea

Wild Bird Wednesday

A Potpourri of Cold

Brrrrr ...

Andrea

Good Fences

I suspect that I didn't take this picture for the fence , none the less, there it is.  I happen to know it is an electrical fence so best not to touch it :)

Andrea

NF Trees and Bushes

 Nature's Water color ...

This is a trick of sorts.  I flipped the original so that the reflection in the water looks like the intended picture.  It does look like a beautiful water color painting to me ... what do you think?  Could a reflection like this have  been the inspiration for impressionistic painting?   :)

original

Andrea

Weekend Reflections

Good to be back ... Hope everyone had a Wonderful Holiday Season ...

Andrea

Feline Art Friday

Lioness

It's in the genes somewhere, at least with Diva the Devil Child.  So many times I have looked at her and saw a tiny lioness.  She never ceases to amaze me ...

Andrea

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Wild Bird Wednesday

Black on White

The Common, very intelligent, ever vigilant  Crow ...

Andrea

NF Trees and Bushes

Night Vision 

Andrea

Caturday Art Blog Hop

Theater Geeks

original

Andrea

(also linked to ...)

NFDAM Digital Art Meme

Searching for a small Beacon of Hope ...

Andrea

Wild Bird Wednesday

A winter walk in the Chicago Botanical Gardens.  The Mallards and the Canadian Geese spend the winter with us, locating wherever there is open water.  There were plenty of them in the water ways when we were there,  because it has been unseasonably warm.  

Geese are wonderful birds and everyone loves them as long as they don't poop on the grass ...  Then they are considered a nuisance.  The Gardens have reached a compromise ... the geese can stay if they stay in the water where there is plenty for them to eat, but if they get on the grass, they are greeted by Border Collies who herd them back to the water.  I love it!

 The End :)

Andrea