Home From Texas

We arrived back at the Forestville homestead at 8:30 PM on Sunday, 12-29-13. First sighting of activity by kitties while we were gone, was the kitchen dining area!!!...

Binky had a whole week to bring guests to dinner. They came from the kitty Toy Cube, the bedroom high boy dresser and living room couch!

Happy HO HO

Eagle picture composed of State flowers



Special Park Birds 12-14-13

First sighting ever in this area of a painted bunting!!! It is either a female or first winter male that probably blew up from Carolinas in the storm.  The male has several feather colors---Google! This is a "picture of a picture" taken by one of our naturalists on Friday, 12-13-13. She/he was actually spotted in Merkle Wildlife Sanctuary right next door!....

 Early Saturday morning, we were given a show with this adult eagle flying back and forth and "singing", too. We then spotted a perched eagle to whom he was performing!....

 Later a lovely juvie landed close to our office and stayed for a couple hours!...

Later it got a little brighter next to the telephone pole.... 

Thanksgiving 2013

Punch line inspired by Margy ☺

Daughter's New Living Room 11-24-13

New, not blue, sofas. Facing back wall of house, patio is outside windows...

 Camo kitty, Emmy, near fireplace. Hallway in back, right to guest room...

Silly to Sublime

Night shift finishing leftover kitty food....

 Chelsea Farm Office Maples

Across the pond....

Ornamental maple planted by previous owners.... 

 Two years ago...

 September sun going down....

 Camo deer under the holly....

 Two new stable visitors....

 "Looks like there's room at the Inn"....

 "Better get reservations!.....

Park Eagle Nest Views

MT last week and hardly visible....

 Through the light rain and wind on Saturday PM, can we see someone who's come home to the right of the nest?????.....

YES!!!!.....

 

Albino Raptor 10-29-13

Here are pictures taken near the Park and shared with us by a gentleman who lives close by......

 We don't have a positive ID, but our naturalist thinks it has the face of a falcon and body like a red-tailed hawk...

Fine Farm Dining 9-18-13

When entering Chelsea Farm Office yesterday, we saw that the farmer had cut down all the corn! We'll probably get dinner guests for the leftovers.  At about 6:30 PM, the fields were full of Canada geese and a few brave deer in the right field....



Wider view of some of that field showing our entrance gate on right....

 Another large field on the left with geese, deer at the tree line and something white on left!?....

 

Closer  pic.  Is it a goat?....

 



Small brown and white critter feeding next to doe.....



Here it's in front of probably Mom! Must be a piebald fawn!....



Definitely a deer~~can see the head. According to a few websites, piebald and albino deer are rare and occur in less than 1% of their population. Caused by a genetic mutation....

 How special to be dining under the Full Corn or Harvest Moon!.....

 



Elusive Critters

Here's part of a vireo! See them just this time of year at home when they come to eat the magnolia seeds........

 Taa-dah, heads!....

 Singing.....

 The very elusive buffalo! Daughter had trip to Wyoming and got some pics with her phone.....

 The Grand Tetons.....

"Eagle" Sits on Car

This is the "Eagle" decal on my new/old 1999 Pontiac Trans AM. My original TA was same color, so this one is Teal II! Man designs and sells these, but didn't have any suitable color, so I changed colors on one of his other ones and emailed pic to him. I guess it should be enlarged, as in each group of 5 feathers, all the colors are different....

Summer's Hummers

Here is the usual view we saw of Hummer Boy since the end of April...

 This is "Hovercraft" Hummer Girl zoooooming in for a sip. She will not sit!.....

 FINALLY, some sunlight on Hummer Boy's ruby throat!!! This one is very finicky. If you're sitting outside near the feeder, he doesn't mind, but don't dare lift a camera!.....

 Baby red-belly woodpecker is down in the lower left while hummingbird perches above....

 Here are some "fast-motion" hummers in the lantana. It's about time to catch them there!!...