Snow Birds of a Feather...

I am so thrilled that the birds are not as skiddish as they have been seeing me in the window with my camera and this morning the Cardinals were so beautiful on snow covered branches!

The female still shy of seeing me.

 

This male Cardinal photo was taken in the morning.

 

This one is my favorite!

 

And finally, I caught the male at the feeder, maybe he is getting used to me in the window! Ha!

 

I am linking today with Beverly at How Sweet the Sound for Pink Saturday, check out all the other links for Saturday at the bottom of her post!

Thank you for coming, see you next time!

My wild heart to yours....

 



IN GOOD HANDS...

Yesterday morning when hubby was trimming pods out of the Palm Tree, he unknowingly disturbed a Mourning Dove's nest!  It floated to the ground on a branch and behold there were these two little newly hatched doves with their eyes still closed!  The opening for their ears was visible as you can see in the picture and their tiny feathers were just beginning to cover their sweet little bodies.  Unharmed, we quickly made a new little nest of leaves and such and placed them back in the pockets of the palm tree near the middle.  All the while the mother kept careful watch from the roof of the house at first and then from an overhanging branch above.  A short while later she was observed sitting on the nest. 

   The doves have been nesting in the Palms as long as we have lived at this site and probably long before we came.  They are very placid creatures and never minded when we bird lovers would climb a ladder to get a picture up close and personal.  They somehow sense that we will not harm them.  We love the Doves and their little broods and feel it is a miracle that we are allowed to see!  So we had to share!

   It is hard to believe that these little ones will become a large dove like this one we photographed here taking a dust bath!

   Thank you for coming by and do come again soon!  Leave your comments, we love them!

                      ♥ Kerrie

RED-TAILED HAWK

WHAT COULD BE MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN SPOTTING A HUGE RED-TAILED HAWK HIGH IN THE MAPLE TREE ABOVE THE LAKE?  THIS MORNING'S VISITOR WAS SPOTTED BY MY DAUGHTER AND A LOT OF RUNNING OUT OF DOORS WITH THE CAMERA TOOK PLACE! Such excitement!  My husband and Barbara were able to take several pictures before the hawk left his perch and flew to this side of the lake right over their heads!

Spotting the Red-tailed Hawk

Profile among the branches of the Maple tree.

His Majesty...

Red-tailed Hawk: Size: length 19-26 inches; wingspan 4 1/2 feet. Red-tails hunt from the air and from exposed perches, such as tops of dead trees.

Was this a great morning visitor or what!? Our backyard sanctuary has yielded visitors of all kinds including: raccoons, coyote, Red fox,Opposum, Mute swans, White Egrets, Great Blue Heron, Green Heron, Kingfisher, Blue Birds, Nuthatch, Titmouse, House Wrens, Carolina Wren, Flicker, Red-headed woodpecker, Mockingbird, Blue Jays, Mourning Doves, bunnies, squirrels, tiny green lizards and some hop toads no bigger than the end of my little finger!  It is like being Beatrix Potter but without her artistic ability, ha!  We love all the creatures who visit.  We moved here from a house we built after 9 yrs there because we wanted the peace and quiet of an over 55 neighborhood.  We purchased a nice little home on a lake in this central community.  The area was a natural nesting place for Canadian Geese, Swan, etc. Although the community was built among many small lakes, it did not bother the wildlife at all and they continue to come every year with some staying all year long to our delight.  On the other side of the highway going North from our community, is a golf course where we have taken bike rides on the path and seen Storks in the lakes at that location.  How fortunate we are to live in such a beautfull area here in Garden City/Murrells Inlet, South Carolina. 

Thinking of retiring?  You would love it here!  We came 21 years ago today long before retirement age-just stepping out in faith and have never regretted it!  'Nuf said!