Today is Nature Photography Day

So this has very little ... okay, absolutely nothing ... to do with genealogy.  But since it's Nature Photography Day, I thought I would share some of my "nature" photos.


When I visited my mom in Fredericksburg, Virginia, this past March, she had created a little birdie oasis in her back yard.  I loved it so much, I decided to do the same thing when I got home.  So, 7 birdfeeders and probably a thousand pounds of various bird seed later, I now have a place for the birdies to come and relax, rejuvenate, and fill up their tummies - and boy, can they eat!

Of course, we get the occasional acrobatic squirrel who thinks all the seed is out there for him ...

This little guy has made tunnels under my collection of bird feeders ...

And little Fatty McFatterson here visits almost every day.  I think he lives in the bamboo ...

The neighborhood cat has taken subtlety to a whole new level ...

I don't have to go far to see nature in action.  All of these photos were taken from my porch.  I've managed to get some really good photos of the birds who come to visit.  The ones I can identify include blue jays, cardinals (one of them is bald), lots of finches, lots of mourning doves, some brown thrashers, starlings, and a couple of downy (I think) woodpeckers.

Bald cardinal

Blue Jay

Female downy woodpecker