Moth

Moth's are not that exciting,

but I thought this moth was beautiful and had to share.

My youngest son thought these huge black spots were it's eyes.

When I first saw it all closed up it was just a boring brown moth.

Baby Phoebe's

Protective Mommy staying very close by.

These were so hard to shoot because of the bad angle.

I had to whistle at them to get them to sit up.
as you can see... I could not go any higher because the steps above were in the way.

Daddy

More babies... there are baby's everywhere right now. It is so fun to see.

This was a fun picture taking surprise. I fully expected to be going to take pictures of the mother to find out who she was and her eggs. But to my surprise the eggs had hatched within the past few days. I was able to get pictures of both the mom and dad.

Red Headed Woodpecker

This one is so cool to look at. I wish it would visit a little more often.

This is the first picture I have been able to get of the Red Headed since I have lived here.

(@ least clear enough to see)

Fawns

These little babies were such a treat to see out our back window.

Especially in our own back yard!

Feeding it's Young

It is so sweet to see the parents feed their young.

The colors are so vivid here because it had been raining all morning.

The colors are always different on birds after the rain.

Especially when they are dry. This WP was so bright and shiny.

Our Turtle Friend

This was our first turtle we found in our yard this Summer.

Cleaning inside, I looked out the window right at it. We kept it for a few hours and gave it a cranberry and raspberry. It prefered the cranberry.

It's fun to have a pet for a day that we don't really have to take care of.

Blue Bird

Aren't bluebirds just sweet? I love them. They are beautiful, and innocent looking and cute. I wish I could hold one. Wait, I guess did, for a moment. A confused little guy sat in the middle of the road and I got out picked it up, turned around and walked a few steps and then he flew off.

Flycatcher?

So I have had a few I have never seen. I saw this one frantically going from one low branch to another, slowly making his way closer to me. I am not sure what it is but it was fun to watch.

Thrush?

I saw another bird feeding this one on this limb.
By the time I grabbed the camera the 2nd was gone.

These next two were taken under very quick, poor circumstances. I enhanced them the best I could. I do not know what this is. Justin was really excited when he spotted it. He thought it was something really rare and had a few of his own ideas. I think there was a mention of some type of Hawk... :)

Down at the Dam

female Scarlet Tanager

I love driving on this road it is beautiful.

It is just barely tucked back from everything and has so much to see if you really look.

Killdeer... babies were about but could not spot them that day.

Dam with all gates open

The kids and I really like watching this, it is really cool.

Babies

Here is a baby Northern Flicker my husband spotted as we were on a walk.

It's mother was close by finding it food.

I was not able to get pictures with her feeding.

The baby was curious and the Mother knew better to be out while I was close.

Baby Red Bellied Woodpecker

The mother kept getting seed and feeding her baby.

It was so sweet.