For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
Good morning and Happy Friday to everyone! We had some rain overnight but now it is beautiful blue sky once more and so nice sitting out here on the deck with my coffee. It smells so fresh this morning, and the songs of the birds seem to be louder than ever. The whole morning is just so invigorating, giving a new energy, a new start to this new day. The goldfinches are here and so is the female hairy woodpecker looking for seeds to feed her young ones. The young are just as big as her now, but she still feeds them a bit while still teaching them how to find food the natural way. Plus letting them know that when food is scarce, come to this place, there’s always good food at this bird restaurant. The wren is busy as well, he certainly has a loud song for such a tiny bird.
And there’s the male ruby-throated hummingbird again. But as soon as I bring out my camera and aim it his direction…zoom, he’s gone. He comes to the feeder about every 15 to 20 minutes in the morning, less as the day gets warmer. Such tiny birds, only about 3.5 inches (8.9cm) from tip of beak to end of tail and weighing only 1/8 ounce (3.1 grams). But such an amazing little bird and so beautiful. A great start to another wonderful day here at Steve’s Country. Now, while I get some more coffee, let’s take a look at today’s pics. The top pic, of course, is our main subject of the day, a male ruby-throated hummingbird at the feeder. His throat looks black because the sun is shining on his back, when the sun shines on it’s throat it will be a bright red.
In the pic above is a family of Canada geese down at McLeod Park when I was there the other day taking pics. I wanted to get a better pic but town workers were around mowing the grass and scared the geese away. They look rather dark because the sun is behind them. I was attempting to move around to the side when the worker came and scared them. Oh well, these things happen. I like how the pic turned out anyway. I hope you all have a wonderful Friday and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
Really pretty pics
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Thanks so much Lydia!
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Beautiful photos
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Thank you Susie, glad you liked them!
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Very much
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beautiful ducks, m.
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Thanks so much Atul!
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I’m having a lot of competition these days π Pretty pics indeed. πΌ
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Hi Steve, Very Good Mrng, I can’t comment in one line, π€ͺβΊοΈ You know a fact about these birds they have extra vision ability that is they can see colors and rays that we can’t see is that true? I’ve read in a post, and amazed reading about it, she was mentioning about our fav bird Blue Jay, is all birds are same? π€
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Yes, for some birds anyway, they don’t know if all birds are the same or not.π€ But there are many amazing facts about birds.ππΊ
Good evening Simon, hope you had a wonderful day!ππΊ
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Yes, then I am right with Blue Jays, they can see colours that we can’t see as they have 4 glass visions (Red, blue, green & UV). we have only 3 glass visions βΊοΈ(red blue green) Oh I am learning more about birds ππ
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Just remember, don’t try flying unless you’re in a plane!ππ³π
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πππ Ha ha ha… u got me laughing…LOL ππ
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There, now that you’re laughing you can sleep better.πππ΄π΄
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I did, how did you know? βΊοΈ U have a spy cam here π€π
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It’s the crows, they send messages to my crows, for one peanut they tell me.ππππ₯
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Cheap Crows, If I were a crow I would’ve asked a bag full of peanuts β¨πΈπΉ
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Shhh, don’t give them ideas!πππΉπΉ
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Oops I just did πΉππΉπ
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Yeah, now they want a new contract.π€ππ
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ha ha ha, ππLOL, I’ll have some privacy mean while βΊοΈ
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I actually thought you would beat me today on the comment race…. and no, I don’t copy and paste my comments.
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Oh no you don’t, I was just joking around π I thought u won’t read π€ͺπ. You read though. βΊοΈ he he…
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Getting yourself in trouble Simon?πππΉπΉ
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Oh, Want to join ππ
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Yep, you’re slowing down.ππ Thanks so much Simon!ππΊπββ
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Thanks that’s a great motivation π€ͺ ππΉ I am slowing down βΊοΈI’ll catch Lydia soon .
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Might be hard, she’s a fast one!ππΉπ€
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She sure is, too fast, a like and a comment. she keeps ready π π€ͺ
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Yep, I think her comment is ready, just copy and paste and it’s done!ππ€ͺπ
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Oops Steve, I hope she is not reading this ππ She is a good kid and a true competitor. My internet sucks for notification, by the time I get it, she and 5 more people pass comments there π³. People are fast readers πΈ
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Yep, that’s for sure she is. I have the same problem with notifications. I checked it out a few times, as soon as I got the notice I would head over to the blog and 10 other people had already liked the post. How do they get there so fast?ππΉπ
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Must be the thing with internet π We still stuck at 4G and feels like 3G, this internet.. I’ll never understand πΉπ
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I still don’t understand all this talk about “G”, 4G, 5G, never gets any better.πππ³
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I would say this more simple, the main reason for world to get more intelligent and more crazy, internet π
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Makes sense to me.ππΉ
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The reblog isn’t working for me, so shared your post.
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Thank you so much Susie! I’ll have to check that reblog button. Hope you have a great day!ππΊπββ
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You also
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Thanks!
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Congratulations
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Thank you Haroon!
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You’re welcome
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AWESOME!
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Thank you Eshal! Enjoy your day!
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No prob Steve! Same to you!!
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Have a great weekend! Great photos as always.
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Thanks so much Sheree!
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great hummingbird photo!
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Thank you Jim!
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Cool pics SteveπΊπΊπΊπΊ
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Thanks Maryam!ππΊπββ
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No problem Steve πΊ πΈ
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Love all the pics today ! Wow ! Getting a shot of the humming bird is quite a feat ! You and Muffin have an eventful day ! βοΈβοΈππΊπΆββοΈππ
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Thanks so much Sharon! Time for my walk now.ππΈπΆββοΈπ
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Looks like the place to be.
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Thanks Pene! Have a wonderful weekend!
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You and Muffin too.
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Thanks!
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