American Robin, Earthworm – Guess Who Won?
Guess Who Won? An American Robin tugs tenaciously at a reluctant earthworm. Guess who won? ~ American Robin and Earthworm capture, Guess Who Won? © Jerry L. Ferrara
North Idaho
Crocus
Centering attention on a non-wildlife subject a few days ago, I put a new lens to the test in preparation for an upcoming Mountain Gorilla trek. If it had been lightly raining or sprinkling that day, I might have titled the take “Crocus in the Mist”. 😀 ~ Anecdote and Crocus captures, Crocus © Jerry L. Ferrara
Northern Flicker – Giving A Look
A female Northern Flicker is caught giving a look into the camera. ~ Northern Flicker capture, Giving A Look © Jerry L. Ferrara
Pileated Woodpecker – The Pileated Woodpecker
The Pileated Woodpecker Considered our largest native U.S. woodpecker [unless you believe the “Holy Grail” of birds still exists], a Pileated Woodpecker eyes the camera. While these magnificent woodland creatures are avid consumers of insects and larvae they also relish fruit and seeds and, according to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, will even consume such from poison ivy! They are fond of suet, too! ~ Anecdote and Pileated Woodpecker capture, The Pileated Woodpecker © Jerry L. Ferrara
Black-capped Chickadee – A Diminutive Bundle of Energy
A Diminutive Bundle of Energy The Black-capped Chickadee is a diminutive bundle of energy seemingly in constant motion as it searches its surroundings for meals to fuel its active lifestyle. We have a constant ‘banditry’ of these characters in our yard. ~ Anecdote and Black-capped Chickadee capture, A Diminutive Bundle of Energy © Jerry L. Ferrara
Red-breasted Nuthatch – Mini-Sprite
Mini-Sprite The energetic and diminutive Red-breasted Nuthatch is a four-plus inch impish North American songbird. A tiny stick of dynamiteBrings to mind this mini-spriteIts aura boasts it has much mightTo watch one is quite out-of-sight ~ Anecdote, poem and Red-breasted Nuthatch capture, Mini-Sprite © Jerry L. Ferrara
Brewer’s Blackbird – Stretched Wide
A Brewer’s Blackbird, with wings stretched wide, acrobatically lifts from a Mullein plant. ~ Anecdote and Brewer’s Blackbird capture, Stretched Wide © Jerry L. Ferrara
White-tailed Deer – Growing a Pair
Double entendre alert! So … a bit of 4th grade humor today. I call this image of a White-tailed Deer buck “Growing a Pair” 😀. ~ Anecdote and White-tailed Deer capture, Growing a Pair © Jerry L. Ferrara
Red-naped Sapsucker
Red-naped Sapsucker The Red-naped Sapsucker is a member of the woodpecker clan and according to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology/All About Birds, has a keen fondness for sugary sap. This one, however, was in search of insects on a Western Red Cedar tree. ~ Anecdote and Red-naped Sapsucker capture, Red-naped Sapsucker © Jerry L. Ferrara
Steller’s Jay – A Roguish Spirit
A Roguish Spirit Two views of a roguish spirit, the Steller’s Jay, a ‘sometimes’ visitor to our backyard. We always look forward to their transitory appearances and raucous, bandit ways. ~ Anecdote and Steller’s Jay captures, A Roguish Spirit © Jerry L. Ferrara