January 2021

 

Winter Ghost

May / Mai 2020

Not Sure I know These Guys Welcome to Meadowfield Place

Very, very slow moving

Beautiful

Intricate

Different Mouths and nose locations 

No Hearum, Seeum or Speakum

Very Nice

APRIL / AVRIL

Grrrrrrreat Says Tony the Tiger

Even Snow Does Not Stop Mother Nature

No, not An Outdoor Toilet Door

Here's Looking at You

Left From A Previous Owner: Looks Like A Concrete Shark's Tooth

Upcoming Tulips

Even Sesame Street Is On Our Street

EH, What's Up Doc?

Cardinal's Nest And Mama is Home Sitting on Eggs

Merlin Falcon On Top Of Rear Pine Tree at Piedmont and Meadowfield Place
Better Picture To Come

Plants / Les Plantes - Begonia / Begonia

Family‎: ‎Begoniaceae

Kingdom‎: ‎Plantae

Genus‎: ‎Begonia; ‎L.

Order‎: ‎Cucurbitales

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begonia

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9gonia

RAIN DROPS / GOUTTES de Pluie

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluie

Rain Drop on a Lily bud  2017   (wgb)

Rainbows / L'arc-en-ciel

A rainbow is a meteorological phenomenon that is caused by reflection, refraction and dispersion of light in water droplets resulting in a spectrum of light appearing in the sky. It takes the form of a multicoloured arc. Rainbows caused by sunlight always appear in the section of sky directly opposite the sun.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow

Un arc-en-ciel est un phénomène optique et météorologique (on parle de photométéore) qui rend visible le spectre continu de la lumière du ciel quand le soleil brille pendant la pluie. C'est un arc coloré avec le rouge à l'extérieur et le violet à l'intérieur.

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arc-en-ciel

2017  (wgb)

2017   (wgb)

2017   ()

2017 06 28  (wgb)

Birds / Les Oiseaux Sharp Shinned Hawk - Épervier brun

The sharp-shinned hawk (Accipiter striatus) is a small hawk with males being the smallest hawks in the United States and Canada

 This is a small Accipiter hawk, with males 23 to 30 cm (9.1 to 11.8 in) long, with a wingspan of 42 to 58 cm (17 to 23 in)

These birds surprise and capture most their prey from cover or while flying quickly through dense vegetation. They are adept at navigating dense thickets and many attacks are successful, although this hunting method is often hazardous to the hawk. The great majority of this hawk's prey are small birds, especially various songbirds such as sparrows, wood-warblers, finches, wrens, and nuthatches,

Typically, males will target smaller birds, such as sparrows and wood-warblers, and females will pursue larger prey, such as American robins and flickers, leading to a lack of conflict between the sexes for prey. These hawks often exploit backyard bird feeders in order to target congregations of ideal prey.

One has been through my backyard where I have a number of feeders. Their home base is around the play structure in Chapel Hill Park. Remember this a small hawk and you may mistake it perching in a tree for a large robin or small crow.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharp-shinned_hawk

Épervier brun

On ne l'entend généralement que pendant la saison de reproduction.

Les éperviers bruns capturent leurs proies en essayant de profiter au maximum de l'effet de surprise. Ils effectuent leur approche grâce à un vol bas et furtif, profitant du couvert ou des structures humaines pour révéler leur présence au dernier moment.

http://www.oiseaux.net/oiseaux/epervier.brun.html

Taken April 2015

Twig nest

Both Eating

Taken 1 Nov 2011. Look dead centre of the photo sitting on the fence. I now say this is a relation and they have been in the area for several years. They are know to return to their birthplace.