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Daily Pics #273.
Good morning and Happy Sunday everyone! The sky is blue, but the sun is not yet shining. There is a very strong but mild south wind blowing. The forecast is for lots of rain later today, with thunderstorms, then cooling off through the week. But that could change. My evening grosbeaks are still around, which is very nice. The sun is now shining making the remaining yellow leaves glow so brightly. It makes those evening grosbeaks glow as well. I haven’t seen Jasper or Coffee this morning, but I’m sure they will show up later. Yesterday Coffee was here and had picked up his peanuts and he spotted Jasper coming, so over the edge he went. Jasper kind of spotted Coffee, I think. He ran over to the edge of the deck and looked, but in a way that seemed like he wasn’t sure he had seen anything. Later, Coffee was back and Jasper showed up and the chase was on! Coffee ran down the stairs, Jasper decided on a short cut by jumping onto the trash can lid and over onto the stairs.
Unfortunately he must have forgotten that the lid is slippery. And he slid. And he was airborne, legs flapping hard. Didn’t help him though, he came crashing down. But back up the stairs he came, shaking his head a bit. Coffee came up right after him. And stopped. Jasper was at the peanuts. But he spotted Coffee and the chase was on! Coffee went down the stairs. So did Jasper. But for some reason Jasper must have slipped, or tripped, because he went rolling down the stairs. He looked around, shook his head again, Coffee was nowhere in sight. Jasper came back up and stopped at the top of the stairs. Coffee was at the bottom, just starting to come up. Both froze. The chase was on! Coffee went under the deck. Jasper missed the turn and slammed into a tree stump. But he kept going. And he came back a short time later. I gave him a peanut and off he went. Then Coffee came, got his peanuts and off he went too.
The featured image today is a double fire orange daylily, a nice color for fall, even though they bloom from mid to late summer. And in the pic above is the spotted touch-me-not, also a nice fall color, it is a wildflower that blooms during the summer, usually in wet areas. I hope you all have a beautiful day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
©2020 Steve McLeod.
Daily Pics #272.
Good morning everyone on this very chilly Saturday! It was such a nice day yesterday, sun shining most of the day and a high of 59F (15C). Then that north wind hit. And the temp dropped. So this morning it is 33F (.7C). That’s fall. Time to bring out that warmer jacket again. I was outside on the deck yesterday working on a little project and I heard the chirping of evening grosbeaks. I wonder if I can attract them to the feeder? So I got some sunflower seeds and put them on the main feeder. It was only a couple minutes and a female grosbeak was there. In about 15 minutes there was 24 of these birds on the feeder chomping away at those sunflower seeds, which they finished off rather quickly. So I put a larger amount of seeds on the second time and that feeder was so full of birds they could barely move. Fantastic! I like having these birds around and it would be great if they would stay all winter like normal. Of course, that would mean buying a lot more sunflower seeds. Oh well. They are a fun and interesting bird that can get quite friendly. Other years I have had them sitting on my hand feasting on the seeds.
Speaking of turkeys. I went out with food first thing this morning, I guess I wasn’t really paying attention, I closed the door and there in front of me was Theodore sitting on the railing. Theodore is the name I have given to that wild turkey that is around here. It looked kind of funny seeing that big bird sitting on the railing like the smaller birds. He started “talking” to me. He has gotten very friendly and will come to me when I call him, but he still won’t take seeds from my hand. He likes sunflower seeds too. What bird doesn’t? So I spread some out for him and he jumped down and started eating. Hmm, take a lot of sunflower seeds for a bird that size. I told him he should go and hide out back in the trees by the river for a couple more days yet. Monday is Thanksgiving Day here. That means turkey dinners. Muffin was in the window watching Theodore and I, with her little notebook trying to figure out how many meals we could get from a bird that size. Forget it Muffin. Meow, meow.=He not make good cat.😾 Probably true.
Anyway, some more fall colors for the featured image above. And in the pic above is some of the female evening grosbeaks as they enjoyed themselves yesterday dining on sunflower seeds. Well, we hope you have a wonderful Saturday and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
©2020 Steve McLeod.
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