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Friday, February 29, 2008

Leap Day morning romp

Tree Sparrow?
Lots of these around the feeder and in the trees

I think the two-toned bill clinches it that this is a Tree Sparrow. Range and behavior makes sense. But I have a little doubt because the breast looks a little bit too streaked. Really the only other possibility is Song Sparrow. Maybe a more expert birder could weigh in. ...

Thursday, February 28, 2008

Wonderland
Blue & white intensity in winter wonderland

Friday, February 22, 2008

Snow
Artful snow

Thursday, February 21, 2008

00:29
Over by half past midnight
23:53
23:18
22:51 edge brightens
Coming out of totality

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

22:38 really total
Really total
22:01 Edge of totality
Edge of totality
21:42
21:23
21:00
Oh fer cute!

Itty bitty squirrel
Another one who's hard to catch

This little fellow has been darting around the feeder off and on since early January. Today the big squirrels finally managed to knock the thing off the post. It's a happy day for the little guy because he can't reach when it's up where it's supposed to be.

Saturday, February 16, 2008

Squirrel for Pink
This one is for Pink!

Friday, February 15, 2008

Baby thaw

Veazie Dam
Plenty of water

It's been a depressing week of weather. Except today, which was pretty nice, almost 4 C.

Wednesday about 10 cm of snow fell topped by about 4 or 5 cm of rain. This caused street flooding all over the place because all the storm drains were choked with ice and snow. What a mess! Of course, it froze, turning the driveway into a hockey rink.

Today featured a little melting, and it was nice enough to take a walk with the camera over by the Salmon Club.

Saturday, February 09, 2008

Tufted Titmouse

Tufted Titmouse
Hard to catch

I resorted to the lower-res still camera in the Canon Optura video camera with its 14x optical zoom to get this nice closeup. These little guys almost never sit still and smile for you.

Friday, February 08, 2008

White week

Snow in the neighborhood
Veazie neighborhood scene

This is just an ordinary scene at a neighbor's house. I liked the angle the fence comes in and the way everything is coated. Snow has been coming slow and continuous for several days now.

Wednesday, February 06, 2008

Snow day

Beautiful snow
Prettiest snow this year sticks to everything

They did not close most of the schools, not that much white stuff. But except for this post, a day off blogging.

Friday, February 01, 2008

Feeder was busy this morning!

Downy Woodpecker
Hungry

In addition to the downy woodpecker, I saw about six or eight chickadees, a blue jay, a northern cardinal, and a tufted titmouse.