Blue Sky and Sunshine!!!

Hopefully you had a chance to enjoy today's sunshine! 

With clear skies on the horizon, I headed out for a walk this morning and watched some Canada Geese fly "over" the moon!

As the sun rose and shone on the trees, birds became more active. A White-breasted Nuthatch searched for food in the crevices of bark. I have observed nuthatches watching the locations where Chickadees cache seeds and then retrieve the seeds for themselves. This fellow has a sunflower seed in his beak. Is it his, or did he steal it??

I heard some light drumming which helped me locate a Red-bellied Woodpecker digging for insects in dead wood.

A Black-capped Chickadee found some bugs to eat in January! The high protein insects were over wintering in a clump of dead leaves suspended from a tree branch. If you look closely, a very tiny, 4-winged insect is about to become the chickadee's next meal!

Northern Cardinal in our backyard.

Such a beautiful day!