A Favourite Woodpecker

November 16, 2025.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Although their call is quite loud, these beautiful, bright-headed birds are elusive. I had to be patient and sneaky to capture these shots of the Red-bellied Woodpecker.

Snow’s Arrival

November 12, 2025.Reading time less than 1 minute.

The three and nine year olds don’t want to come in out of the snow. The parents are too cold to stay out – not yet attired properly. I feel my bones ache at the chill of it. How quickly our perceptions change, but isn’t that life? A bird’s eye view:

What’s the hold up?

October 12, 2025.Reading time less than 1 minute.

There’s a rucus at the feeders and I look out to see several finches lined up and looking towards their favourite lunch spot. The pecking order has been disrupted… Do you think I could scare him off? Not a chance.

Colour at the feeders

August 31, 2025.Reading time less than 1 minute.

…And then there were four…

Oh Baby!

August 3, 2025.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Our sunflowers attracted a few young birds – finches, I think. This one was fascinated with the zip tie holding up the plants.

One of these butts is not like the others…

July 30, 2025.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Hey Lady, since when did this become an equal opportunity feeder?

Backyard Birds

July 20, 2025.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Hard to pick favourites when it comes to birds. I love the shocking contrast of the White-Crowned sparrow’s head feathers. The cowbird is not a usual sight at our feeders, so a nice welcome. Waking up to find a pair of bobolinks in our yard was a first for me. I never tire of our […]

Red-bellied Woodpecker

March 5, 2025.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I try not to pick favourites amongst the many birds that grace our backyard feeders, but there are just some that always manage to take my breath away. The red-bellied woodpecker is one of them. This beauty is anxious and tends to fly away at any movement from inside the house, so I have patiently […]

On the Rocks

April 15, 2024.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Our river road runs beside a cement plant, so there is an abundance of rocks. A favourite sleeping place for the local ducks, and a fun playground for the littles.

Don’t Get Too Close!

December 8, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Cee’s Midweek Madness prompt is closeups or macro. That duck was really hoping I couldn’t see her.

Limbo

With each stanzaI strive for an upswing –idle thoughts leadingto a crescendo… But exhaustion plaguesmy try, and fog coloursperspicacity, so my wordsland low, goal in limbo (Image my own)

Frigid (haiku)

An Escape Plan

An incorrigible hagengages my loneliness –like an assassin sniffing outany scent of vulnerability I am lowering standardsthis history of imprisonmentenabling inappropriate openings I cry for new perspectiveponder after boundariesintending to defend Like an unwanted bullseyeI am pursued on repeatmalice considering mea problem to be solved Who is this old womanwhose thoughts are daggerswho calls upon […]