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The Feeder is busy again with House Finches. The females look like they’re molting, but the males are dazzling with their vibrant red heads.
The Black-capped Chick-a-dee makes daily appearances too, but I’ve not got a decent image of it so far this season.
The Mockingbird has a mate and they’ve been busy bullying anything they can. I caught one with a nice, fat bee last week. Since it didn’t eat it straight-away I’m guessing it went back to the nest with this meal.
A new visitor to my yard this year is a Black Phoebe. Isn’t he handsome?
The female Anna’s Hummingbird prefers the Lantana to the feeder this year so I try to catch her there when I’m out back. She’s lovely when the sun hits her back.
Here’s a macro image I created sometime ago that never made it to my Project 52. I used to set up this engine and a several cars around the Christmas Tree when my kids were little. It’s been buried in the garage for years, but I rediscovered it while cleaning out the garage. It’s a Bachmann Union Pacific Diesel Engine. Now that we have a little one (#1 Grandson) I’ll have to start setting it up again.
Speaking of the garage, that reminds me it’s been sometime since I talked about our remodel. It’s coming along very well. They’re right on schedule.
April 29th: Ground-breaking day. It was fun. We had a little digger in the front yard digging out the place for the foundation. #1 Grandson loved that! This is how the front of the house looked before the digger arrived-the foundation’s been planned out-
The digger
A lot has happened between then and early June- The foundation was poured, the framing went up, and June 2nd this is how the house looked at the end of the day.
Next week our new front door, and front windows will be installed, the plywood for the roof will be put on, and the following week they plan on breaking through the walls to the house so we need to move to other rooms while the work is being done.
There’s a lot of changes in the Master Bedroom, and bathroom that I’ll share in an upcoming post.
I’m feeling better. I hiked up the steep hill yesterday. It was tough! Probably more than I should have done since I’m still coughing and having sinus issues. What was I thinking? 🙂 Other than that it’s been a quite week-end.
I hope you all are having a great week-end!
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More to come…
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I especially like the Black Phoebe image. It is much better than anything I’ve ever gotten of that bird. Do you have water near your place? Around here we always find Black Phoebes near water and nesting under bridges or other structures near water.
Thank you so much Cher Robert! I have a little bird bath and my neighbor has a fountain running/recycling water all year long. It sounds wonderful! I’m thinking about adding one to my yard.
magnificent bird shots!! and oh the joys of renovation and construction!! I love miniature trains etc!! I still set up my Christmas village!!
Thank you Cybele! I have a little Christmas village but I haven’t set it up in a few years. Perhaps with the new front window we’ll be getting with the remodel I’ll set it up there. Something to think about. 🙂
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I love construction. That’s coning along nicely. I also like the black capped chickadee. He was always a fav at our feeder.
Thank you Dan! I like the Chick-a-dees too. I wish this one wasn’t so skittish!