For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
Good morning everyone! It is sunny and cool this morning and it’s so nice and fresh out there. The trees are alive with birds, mostly purple finches as several families have now arrived. I wonder if they will stay around this winter like they did last winter. It’s unusual for them to do so, except for maybe one or two birds that decide to stay behind. So many of our summer birds have already gone now. All those pleasant songs heard every morning are now part of the past. Most of our warbler species have left us, heading slowly back to their wintering grounds in the tropics. Many others have also gone. But now we have our purple finches, goldfinches and chickadees in good numbers. So many in fact, the feeders can’t hold them all, so ‘discussions’ usually develop. But surprising, at times they can sit for a long time eating and getting along quite nicely.
This morning a blue jay picked up a peanut and the squirrel spotted him. The chase was on. The blue jay was having fun, he would wait on a branch until the squirrel almost arrived, then he would move up to a higher branch, until finally they were at the top of the tree and the blue jay flew off to another tree. The squirrel was left to sit at the top of the tree, chattering and stomping it’s feet. I call it the squirrel dance. He wasn’t too happy. Meanwhile, the chipmunks are down here hauling away all the peanuts. Finally the squirrel comes running down as fast as he could. But by the time he arrived, the peanuts were gone. Perhaps the chipmunks have hired the blue jays to help out.
I have shown close ups of the white pelican before, but it was an immature not quite at breeding age. This one in the pic above has the bump on the beak which shows it’s now of breeding age. The featured image at the top is a beautiful white rose.
Thank you all for stopping by, I hope you have a wonderful day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
ยฉ2020 Steve McLeod.
The White Rose is beautiful! I think it is the first I have seen! I am surprised and captivated by it. Thank you for sharing.
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Glad you enjoyed it Dusty! White roses are beautiful. I used to have a white rose bush in my garden years ago, it had such nice flowers, but not as big as the one in this pic. She has taken some nice pics of roses.
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Lovely photos Steve
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Thanks Sheree!
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from what i know about jays, they are similar pranksters much like crows/ravens
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Yes, they definitely are pranksters! A good bird to have around the feeder in winter, they help protect the smaller birds.
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That was cute, it must have been lovely to watch the squirrels dance๐๐ Iโm thinking the chipmunks have really hired blue jayโs for peanut hunting๐๐คช have a lovely Sunday๐ฅฐ๐
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Blue jays and chipmunks don’t like squirrels, so they could easily work together!๐๐บ๐ฟ
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that’s sad, they are cute and small, but lot of unlikely neighbours around ๐๐ poor squirrels โบ๏ธ
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Well, the squirrels shouldn’t be so mean to the little chipmunks.๐๐
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so mean ๐๐ธ maybe muffin could help them ๐
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I’m sure she would be very willing to help!๐๐ผ๐ผ
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yup, may be you have to deal with lot of hairballs later ๐๐
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Among other things.๐ณ๐ฒ๐คช๐น
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๐คฃ๐ผ๐
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clever strategy by the chipmunks… ๐
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They have a common enemy, that squirrel!๐๐น๐ฟ
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apparently!
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That’s a really nice pic of the pelican!
Enjoy the rest of your day!
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Thanks Lydia!
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I learned that once a pelican is of breeding age it developes a bump on its beak…both males and females ? โ๏ธโ๏ธ๐ฟ๐ฅ๐ค
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Yes, both males and females get that bump once they are of breeding age.
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That white rose is gorgeous ! Forgot to mention it earlier …โ๏ธโ๏ธ๐ฎ๐คญโผ๏ธ
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It is a beauty for sure!๐๐บ
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The views the critters have could be interesting
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Yes, that is so true!
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A beautiful white rose indeed! The birds are making fun of the squirrels ๐ฟ not bad ๐คช they have some fun ๐
Have a lovely week Steve!
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Blue jays will often do that with squirrels, take them right to the top of a tree. They do like having fun!๐๐น
Thanks Ribana! I hope you have a great week as well! Always look up, never down, it brings a smile, not a frown!๐๐๐ป
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So very true Steve ๐๐ป๐ป
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The white rose is exquisite and seems all the critters are having great fun! ๐ญ ๐น ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฆ ๐ฆ ๐ฆโ๏ธโ๏ธ
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Everyone has fun around here, except maybe the squirrels! But they could too. Still, they get their share of the peanuts too. And get great exercise at the same time! I don’t even have to go anywhere to enjoy all of this!๐๐ธ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฆ๐ป๐ฆ๐ฆจ๐๐ฉ
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That’s the best part – you don’t have to go anywhere! ๐
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Yes indeed!๐๐บ
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