On the Road again~Bird tired

Howdee all,

We had a great time at the New River Birding and Wildlife Festival.

A small, intimate festival, awesome Birders and naturalists as guides..

We were up every morning at 5, a buffet breakfast was served at 6~ we then loaded onto buses for our half day or full day trip.

After our day trips we joined everyone for a buffet dinner at 6~with a guest speaker most evenings.

Jeff and I saw a total of 117 species during the weeklong festival. No life birds, but awesome looks at birds like the Swainson's Warbler.

It was so nice to finally meet “The Flock” Wonderful gals!

I took lots of pictures and each day downloaded them to my computer and put them on Windows Live Writer without text, thinking that I would have the energy sometime during the week to put a post up.

I feel like this seed head…just hangin in there..

I might post a few in the next week, though, I doubt it. We are now on our way to

~The Biggest Week in American Birding ~

You know what that means…more early wakeups and evening lectures.

Looks like another busy birding week ahead..

Hope to be back to my normal Facebook, Twittering and Blog reading soon.

Happy Spring Migration to you all…

Watch for those rare ones!

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Happy Mothers Day to all you Mothers out there!

A Special Mothers Day wish to my Lovely Mother..

Thanks Mom for everything.

Thanks for creating such a beautiful home for me to grow up in.

Love you lots~ See you soon :)

Guess who?

Howdee all,

We are going full tilt here at the New River Birding and Nature fesival.

I have had no energy to put together any blog posts…When we get home in the evening after dinner and the nights speaker…I pretty much crash.

 

Just thought I would ask to see if anyone knows who this famous dog is.

Hope to be blogging again soon and visiting you all on Facebook and twitter…and reading your blogs. See you!

Rose with water droplets

Howdee All,

Jeff and I are at the New River Birding and Nature Festival.

Having a Grand time…It truly is a Wonderful place with Awesome Naturalists.

Today was the first day.

I have lots to share…but no time to put it all together..

So I leave you this Water droplet rose…

You know I have a love of Water droplets lately…

Luckily today was a beautiful day in West Virginia..

Rain tomorrow… OHHHH>>>>>>Maybe more Droplet photos

For now…its time to sleep…getting up at 5am~

See you all in a few days…Festival ends on Saturday…but, hoping to have some time to get a post together before then..

Where did the time go?

Howdee all,

Seems like we just arrived at Sickstas and Craigys and now we are gone..and in West Virginia..

When we arrived five weeks ago..there were no leaves on the trees…

When we left they were all leafed out..

Making it harder to see the birds… 

Unless they came out in the open like this Summer Tanager..

When we arrived the Bluebirds were just checking out the nest box…

Before we left…Craigy and I peeked in the box and saw three eggs..

When we arrived the Chickadees were in and out of the moon…building their nest..

Ten minutes before we left, I saw the Chickies fledge…What a treat! I didn’t have my camera, nor did I want to take the time to grab it…I savored every moment…as the awkward little fledglings left the Moon for their first flight.

I saw ferns unfolding..

I will see more here up north…seems like it’s a few weeks behind here…

Ballie enjoyed his daily walks…

When we are at New River he will be lucky if he gets a walk all week, we will be gone all day birding.

Seems like we just arrived and Craigy was starting to put in the new kitchen..All of the cabinets are in now…and the countertop is next…

Craigy likes to sit by his pond watch the fish…six Goldfish..Sicksta put some flowers in the pond.

And Craigy plays in his pool too…

Jeff is always busy killing Vampires…don’t even ask.

I found this dead, but colorful bug..

anyone know what it is? > I bet Sicksta Lori does.

Found a beautiful living bug also..

lots of bugs in Sickstas yard.

When we arrived the Iris were just budding~

Before we left we were able to see many different Iris blooming..

Love the colors of these…I had a love affair with Water droplets

And enjoyed the birds coming back from their trip south.. 

I enjoyed Sickstas Garden and hanging out with her…

After weeks of searching…I found some Morel Mushrooms!

We saw the first NC record Cassin's Sparrow.

We saw what devastating damage a Tornado can cause..

We did all that, yet it seems like it was no time at all…

Where did the time go?

The Warblers have just started to arrive in numbers…and we will miss that..

We will miss Craigy yelling at the Kitchen as he puts it together..

We will miss the Bluebirds fledge…

We will miss the flowers that were just about to show off…

We will miss Sicksta, Craigy and the pups..

Such is the life of wanderers….

Goodbye Sicksta and Craigy and pups…

See you in November..

I hope the time goes by slower then…

Tulip Poplar flower

Howdee all,

When I go looking for Morel Mushrooms, one of the trees I look under are the Tulip Poplar trees..

The trees have these beautiful flowers

Most people don’t see them because they are high up in the trees.

Sometimes wind will take a few down to the ground

…and then I can enjoy how beautiful they are.

Morel near a Tulip Poplar

Today is our Bittersweet departure from dear Sicksta and Craigys..

We are on our way to West Virginia

New River Birding and Nature Festival

May not have internet,or much time to blog..

…So if not…See you after the festival!

Water droplets on yellow

Howdee all,

Guess what?

Yep

More

Water droplets…

This time on Yellow..

This below is a Cytisus flower

And a yellow Iris..

Drippidy~ Droppidy

Liquid jewels

I think of earrings when I look at these droplets  below..

A fuzzy orange tongue

Lapping up the droplets…

Terrible tornadoes again….Luckily none in our area.. 

I was up most of the night as the weather radio went off about every hour with an alert.

My heart goes out to those who lost their homes, businesses, family and friends…:(

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Jeff and I leave North Carolina on Saturday….

always Bittersweet…

We are heading to West Virginia for a week to attend the New River Bird and Nature Festival…then onto Ohio for the Biggest Week in American Birding.

Warbler Heaven:)