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Whatever Weds. Thank you!!

July 2, 2025July 1, 2025Posted in Nevada, WildflowersTagged and community, friends, Grateful, I appreciate my blogging friends so much, My heart is full of gratitude and thankfulness for family, Nevada Wildflowers, Nikon, Purple, Purple Loosestife, Thankful, Whatever Wednesday, Wildflowers25 Comments

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Thank you all for the support, and kindness you’ve given me these last few weeks. I appreciate you and your comments so much. 🥰

I wish you all a wonderful Independence Day Week-end!

Purple Loosestife wildflowers

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Friday’s Feathered Friends-Eastern Phoebe

May 23, 2025May 22, 2025Posted in birding, Friday's Feathered FriendsTagged Eastern Phoebe, Friday's Feathered Friends, Nature, Nikon, Ohio Birding, Spring Migration43 Comments

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With this sighting of the Eastern Phoebe on May 13th while birding in Ohio I have now seen all 3 Phoebe’s that reside in the Unites States.

The Eastern Phoebe can be found throughout the eastern half of the continent from the Northwest Territories all the way down to Mexico.

The other two Phoebes are found in the Western regions of North America. They are the Say’s Phoebe, and the Black Phoebe.

Fun Facts:

In 1804, the Eastern Phoebe became the first banded bird in North America. John James Audubon attached silvered thread to an Eastern Phoebe’s leg to track its return in successive years.
The use of buildings and bridges for nest sites has allowed the Eastern Phoebe to tolerate the landscape changes made by humans and even expand its range. However, it still uses natural nest sites when they are available.
Unlike most birds, Eastern Phoebes often reuse nests in subsequent years—and sometimes Barn Swallows use them in between. In turn, Eastern Phoebes may renovate and use old American Robin or Barn Swallow nests themselves.
The Eastern Phoebe is a loner, rarely coming in contact with other phoebes. Even members of a mated pair do not spend much time together. They may roost together early in pair formation, but even during egg laying the female frequently chases the male away from her.
The oldest known Eastern Phoebe was at least 10 years, 4 months old. It had been banded in Iowa in 1979 and was found in 1989 in Alberta.
Fun facts gleaned as always from allaboutbirds.org

I hope you all have a lovely week-end!

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Friday’s Feathered Friends-Birds, Birds, Birds

February 28, 2025February 27, 2025Posted in Birding in Nevada, Birds in the Wild, PhotographyTagged American Bald Eagle, Birding, Birds of North America, Cooper's Hawk, Downy Woodpecker, Nikon, Pygmy Nuthatch56 Comments

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I thought I’d share some of the birds I’ve seen the last couple of weeks.

Starting with a little Pygmy Nuthatch. It was flying to and from its nest the hole in a tree trunk you can sort of see behind it.

A female Downy Woodpecker who was cold that morning. It was 15 degrees F when we started birding. She didn’t move from that tree for the longest time.

Another morning I had the pleasure of viewing a posing Cooper’s Hawk. Look at that tail!

Then it showed off its wing.

Then it flew showing off its wing span.

Last but not least, I saw the pair of Bald Eagles in their tree near my house on my way out last week. He was obscured by all the branches, but she was up high and in the open. I had to stop for a photo of her.

That’s all I have for you this week. I may be late getting to your posts and blogs this morning as I’m birding with my bird group.

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Happy Thanksgiving!

November 28, 2024November 27, 2024Posted in Give Thanks, Holidays and Observances, ThanksgivingTagged Nature, Nikon, Photorraphy, Tom Turkey, Turkey, Wildlife39 Comments

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I wanted to wish all of you in the U.S.A. a very Happy Thanksgiving day and week-end!

Copyright © 2019 Deborah M. Zajac ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

To everyone else I wish you a very happy day and week-end!

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Friday’s Feathered Friends- The Anhinga

November 22, 2024November 21, 2024Posted in Bird Photography, Birding in Nevada, Friday's Feathered FriendsTagged Anhinga, Birds in the Wild, Birds of North America, Florida Birding, Flowers, grass, late summer, Nature, Nikon39 Comments

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The Anhinga was one of 4 birds I really wanted to see while I was in Florida in September and I saw 3 of them! One male and two Females…I think.

It’s another pre-historic cool looking bird.

I think this is a male because his neck is black. He’s drying his wings.

Here’s the female also drying out her wings. Like Cormorants they don’t have waterproof feathers so they get on a perch or land and spread them open to dry them out.

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As I crept closer to her to get a better shot I spooked her and off she flew.

Fun Facts:

The Anhinga’s distinctive shape earned it the nickname “water turkey” for its turkeylike tail, and “snake bird” for its long snakelike neck as it slithers through the water.
Unlike most waterbirds, the Anhinga doesn’t have waterproof feathers. While that may seem like a disadvantage for their watery lifestyle, their wet feathers and dense bones help them slowly submerge their bodies under the water so they can slyly stalk fish.
The name Anhinga comes from the Tupi Indians in Brazil, meaning “devil bird” or “evil spirit of the woods.”
The oldest recorded Anhinga was at least 12 years old when it was shot in Louisiana in 1948.

Fun facts gleaned from https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Anhinga/overview

We may have a break from the wind and beat the rain this morning so I’m going birding with friends which means I’ll be a bit late checking out your blogs, and reading comments.

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Something for Sunday- First Snow in the Valley

November 17, 2024Posted in Birding in Nevada, Photography, Something for SundayTagged Birding, Birds, Birds in the Wild, Birds of North America, Nature, Nikon, Photography, Wildlife49 Comments

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I woke up Friday morning pretty early to go birding with a group I’m in. When I opened the garage door to leave I discovered there was snow on the ground and flurries still swirling.

I was heading about an hour northeast from home so, I checked my email to make sure they hadn’t canceled the outing…they hadn’t so off I went.

It wasn’t snowing when I arrived at the meeting spot but, while birding the snow started to fall pretty heavy. It wasn’t in the weather forecast the day before! It was still a good morning of birding. We saw 22 species of birds. One White-crown Sparrow favored us with a nice look perched on snowy grass.

By the time we left it had quit snowing so my drive home was easy, and while the snow was sticking to the ground where I was birding it hadn’t had home. The upcoming 10 day forecast looks like we’re snow free.

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Friday’s Feathered Friends-Birds!

November 8, 2024November 13, 2024Posted in birding, Birds of North America, Friday's Feathered Friends, PhotographyTagged Birds in the Wild, Florida, Ibis, Magnificent Frigatebird, Nature, Nikon, Plovers59 Comments

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It’s been awhile since I shared any birds so I’m going to share several I saw while in Florida this past September. It was a fantastic trip. I saw 21 new to me birds aka “Lifers”. I won’t share all of them in this post. 😊

Black-bellied Plover

Semipalmated Plover

A Magnificent Frigatebird. This was the first time I’d ever seen it in the United States. I have seen it in Mexico before.

And a White Ibis

Aren’t they great? I’m still excited to have seen them.

How’d you all do with the time change for those of you in states and places that end Daylight Savings Time? How many clocks did you have to reset? We have 8 clocks we needed to change including the thermostat and our cars. I’ve been waking up earlier than normal so back to my natural rhythm at last!

I hope you all have a lovely week-end.

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