Snow and Ice

The snow makes for pretty pictures. I just wonder when it will warm up enough to do any thawing. We have about 10 inches, including 1/2 inch of ice on top. My sister says I got the icing on the cake for my Birthday today!!!

Busy and birds

I have been very busy with work and school so I have not posted lately. I just finished another term and am on my break before January and my LAST class for my BS degree. Yippee!!

On our latest trip we went to the William Finley Refuge in Corvallis. There were more birds there that I have ever seen in one place. I will post more later. For now I wanted to show off my new creation from my photo to see what you think. I am creating watercolors from my bird photos.

Wasp hive

Chuck got the wasp hive out from under the deck. He sprayed it a few times to kill the wasps first. We are taking it over to the local middle school (of course where I went to school a few years ago) for the science teacher. She is excited to receive it.

Pileated Woodpecker

I had been hearing a different sounding bird for a couple of weeks and today they showed their faces. There were two of them in the tree and the female flew to the tree closer to the woods. They really like to eat carpenter ants, so I hope they have found all the ones from the dead log we just cut recently. These birds are very large, bigger than the crows. It was cool to hear them flying around from tree to tree this morning.

Hummingbirds in July

The hummingbirds were plentiful last night. While I was in the backyard I finally saw the first fawn of the season. She was about a month late showing up at our place. Better late than never. There were 4 hummingbirds and then 4 deer. I knew I liked the number 4.

Painted Hills

We were at John Day Fossil Beds for my geology class this weekend. The painted hills were my favorite part. When we returned I noticed the Red Tail in the back yard and he was devouring the cute little bunny I saw last week. BLAG!!! Poor bunny, yet the hawk needs to eat.

Sunset after the storm

The sunset was beautiful right after the storm ended on Sunday night.