Spring!
After Thursday-Friday’s snow, on Saturday, Sunday and Monday the weather turned to spring. I walked to church. I started digging in the ground. Monday’s brief thunderstorm brought toads singing!
I am so very grateful to be living here!
Mountain Jay
I went for a walk with my camera on Sunday evening. Not far from the Gehiere’s home I saw a mountain jay hopping around the flower bed. I wanted a picture. When I went around the bush it had just hopped behind I found this:
an apparently dead jay. I snapped a bunch of photos. And started to move away.
Was that movement?
Head pops up. Silly jay! Just didn’t want it’s picture taken.
Sunset
The sky this evening was absolutely stunning! I’ve already packed my camera for my trip so I had only my iPhone to take these pictures. I think this is the most amazing sunset I’ve seen since the one Volker and I experienced on Vancouver Island many many years ago.
Northern Flicker
This is another very shy bird. The first time I saw it today my camera was across the room; I was afraid if I moved it would fly. After the bird found a peanut it took it into the tree and then flew away.
I went and got my camera and looked for the tripod. Before I spotted it I realize the Flicker was back. So without the benefit of the tripod and through a window the sun was shining on, I took these photos.
The Flicker is a messy eater (like the Downie woodpeckers) flinging seeds they don’t want to eat out till they find the ones they like. Other birds will happily pick up what’s left on the ground.