Not your Mama!

This baby bird is not the bird you would think at first glance. The larger bird, a (House or Purple) Finch, is actually being fed by the smaller, a Chipping Sparrow. I think the Sparrow felt sorry for the baby Finch and became either an adopted parent or a babysitter. If the Sparrow hopped one way the Finch would follow, all over the yard.

Little snake

I saw this little one hanging outside the back door. I put the camera down to its level and it began to "check" the lens out. It is hard to tell from this image, but it is sitting in some pebbles about an inch or so in diameter, and it, itself, was about as big as a pencil. After I got a good shot of it I shooed it away so it would not get trampled.

Intergrade Admiral (Limenitis arthemis)

A not so unusual guest stopped by for dinner yesterday. There are many flying guests for dinner, but this was a welcomed sight. This butterfly is an intergraded between a White Admiral (Limenitis arthemis arthemis) and a Red-Spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis astyanax).

Day of Blogs Wordie

All these words had something to do with the posts I wrote for this year's Day of Blogs ("alterna-thon" to the Blogathon). So far I raised $80 for the Sera Je (Buddhist) Monastery's food fund; $10 feeds a monk for a day.

White Rose of Sharon

Veins popping like well worn hands, sturdy, yet to the touch, silk. Bursting with life today only to wither and fall tomorrow. Another one ready to take its place.

My Backyard

Even though today is the Day of Blogs and I have been posting every half hour since 09:00 EST, I managed to go outside and make 36 photographs.

train

I do not know what it is about trains, but I love hearing them roll by. This train is taking coal to a nearby power plant and is on the track that runs close to my house. I usually can hear the whistle blow through the forest behind my house.