Wordless Wednesday – allow your photo(s) to tell the story.
Linda Schaub
FIFTY FAVORITE PARK PHOTOS
-
- Parker noshin’ nuts
-
- Fox Squirrel
-
- Black Squirrel
-
- Parker, my Park cutie!
-
- Pekin Duck
-
- Mallard Hybrid Duck
-
- Midnight munchin’ nuts
-
- Mute Swan
-
- Goslings
-
- Mama Robin
-
- Seagulls on ice floe
-
- Great Blue Heron
-
- Parker chowin’ down
-
- Mallard Duck
-
- Northern Cardinal
-
- Great Blue Heron (“Harry”) fishing for shad
-
- Parker: shameless begging
-
- Viceroy Butterfly
-
- Great Blue Heron
-
- American Goldfinch
-
- Seagull
-
- Robin baby (not fledged yet)
-
- Mallard Ducks
-
- Robins almost ready to fledge
-
- Parker angling for peanuts
-
- Robin fledgling
-
- Parker making a point that he wants peanuts
-
- Parker smells peanuts
-
- Parker with a peanut
-
- Red-Winged Blackbird
-
- Seagull
-
- Red-Bellied Woodpecker
-
- Pekin Duck
-
- Starling
-
- Canada Geese family
-
- Canada Goose and goslings
-
- Red-Winged Blackbird
-
- Parker says candy is dandy.
-
- Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly
-
- American Goldfinch
-
- Hunny Bunny
-
- Parker looking for peanuts
-
- The pier just past sunrise
-
- Mute Swan
-
- Parker in the snow
-
- Parker and a treat
-
- Great Blue Heron
-
- Me and my shadow (a/k/a Parker)
-
- Fox Squirrel
-
- Seagull
-
- Canada Goose
-
- Mallard Ducks
-
- Mute Swan
-
- Fox Squirrel – Parker
-
- Northern Cardinal
-
BADGES
-
- 02-02-2018
-
- 03-13-2018
-
- 03-25-2018
-
- 03-26-2018
-
- Year #6!! 02/2019
-
- 04-13-2019
-
- 11-21-19
-
Linda Schaub
WALKIN', WRITIN', WIT & WHIMSY 
Oh! That is most amusing!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Glad to give you a smile Anne. I didn’t notice the lamp post/nursery until I saw the bird flitting around outside of it.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Cute! I love it when nature takes over
LikeLiked by 1 person
Me too Jeanine! Can’t you imagine the gears in this little bird’s brain thinking “perfect – tailor-made for a nursery and who’s gonna notice?”
LikeLike
What kind of birdie you got there?
LikeLiked by 1 person
Hi Eilene – I am thinking maybe a sparrow. I wasn’t all that close to it and it was a very gray day. I saw the nest before I saw the bird, so snapped the picture, then not long afterward it came flitting by and dipped into the lamp post head (like it was perfectly okay to build a nest there). 🙂
LikeLike
Nice nest, great little eagle mascot. What a fun find.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yes Ally, what a lucky day for this little Mama to find a potential nursery enclosed on three sides and move-in ready!
LikeLiked by 1 person
a bird condo! So good to see!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yes Wayne – a bird who is nervy enough to build a nest in a lamp post head deserves an “A” for its efforts!
LikeLiked by 1 person
So cool! Maybe the eagle will scare away predators from the nest. 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Great idea Laurie! I saw the lamp and the nest and took the shot, then the bird flitted on over and went on in, like it was perfectly normal to build your home in a lamp post head. 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yes, birds are savvy with picking the right spots to nest-build. Man-made structures don’t sway in the wind like trees do. And there’s the protection from rain and hail. 😉
LikeLiked by 1 person
They sure lucked out here Tom. Great protection as long as the grass-like materials don’t touch the bulb. Robins are the worst for wanting to build in inopportune spots and they will not take “no” for an answer!
LikeLike
Smart bird!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yes – can you imagine its delight when it saw that lamp post and thought: “the perfect place for raising my babies!”
LikeLike
Birds are so resourceful! But how did it get in there? One of the glass panels must have been broken…
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yes, they are Barbara and I’ll attest to that as Robins and Sparrows build their nests where they shouldn’t sometimes and get angry when the beginnings of a nest are torn down. I looked on the ground beneath the pole and didn’t see any glass, so I wonder if someone removed the glass panel as a joke?
LikeLiked by 1 person
Perhaps the glass panel has been missing a long time. I hope the bird gets to live out its nesting period safely. Smart birdie!
LikeLiked by 1 person
I was wondering about that too Zazzy – did someone break it out, or it fell out? I saw no jagged edges or glass on the ground. That little Mama was nervy and savvy moving in, but likely pretty pleased with herself. [Hope you are feeling better.]
LikeLike
It looks nice and cosy and enclosed! I used to have morning doves nest behind my outdoor lighting fixture, until I got new ones closer to the house, and were they ever miffed about it….
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yes, a perfect place for a nursery Joni! I believe they would be miffed. Every time I take down a Robin’s nest they do something annoying as payback and they chatter at me. They like those lamp fixtures, no one is bothering them there.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Must be expensive real estate!
LikeLiked by 2 people
Yes! Nice and cozy and a penthouse view! 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Clever bird has style!
LikeLiked by 1 person
He’s “Moving on Up” (like the Jefferson in that TV show) … penthouse suite and out of the elements
LikeLike
Tall windows are very chic to have in a penthouse. Bird with expensive taste. Oh yea!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Ha ha – yes Esther, this bird’s got good taste and don’t think its offspring won’t remember that lamp post idea when they become Mamas themselves. 🙂
LikeLike
I wonder if he’s a night owl 😉
LikeLiked by 1 person
Ha ha – I really wondered if they knew the light wasn’t working and the pane was missing? Did they just go with the flow and let it stay? Made me smile when I saw it though having dealt with nesting birds myself.
LikeLiked by 1 person
For such small brains, birds can be quite resourceful.
LikeLiked by 1 person
I agree and they do not earn the moniker of “bird brain” at all!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Wow what a great place to nest, she will probably return next year to this great site, unless they fix the lamp!
LikeLiked by 1 person
It sure was a great place. I’ve not been back since I took the photos and they’ve likely already hatched and fledged. I can’t blame Mama if she returns next year. I wonder how that glass pane got broken?
LikeLiked by 1 person