A Suet Day For Golf

So I went to Ace Hardware to get some nuthatch treats for the bird feeder.


After I left the store, the sleet/snow mix started to pick up. Immediately, one thought came to mind. That's right, Hitler GOLF!








Look at these quitting quitters! I bet they're Sarah Palin fans. Go ahead and quit, you big quitters!











UPDATE: Suet installation:



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Happy May Day 2014

Have some Eastern Redbud and Forsythia.

Would you believe a very large woodpecker on a small suet feeder?

How about some Billy Bragg:

You can sign a petition to reject "Fast Track" authority for the TPP.
And/Or you can read Avedon's links.

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Things With Wings

Carmi's Thematic Photographic 307 is Birds of a feather.

There are plenty of birds around, as usual...but I don't have many interesting pictures of them. Here is a pair of geese on Lake Siri:

A White-breasted Nuthatch enjoying some suet:

More Lake Siri Odonata:


This is a Meadowhawk of some kind...perhaps an Autumn Meadowhawk?

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Orange Orb Weaver

Carmi's Thematic Photographic 357 is Celebration. Here's a Christmas Cactus my sister gave me.

For TexWiscGirl's Good Fences #89, I have this morning glory fence from Columbus just over a month ago:

I'm also contributing to Michelle's Nature Notes (#340). I did not get a great macro of this Marbled Orb Weaver, but I'm putting it up anyways. I've seen them in vanilla and yellow, but this is the orangest one ever! (My sister, for some reason, did not find this spider nearly as spectacular as I did.)

And here are some of the suet feeder fans:



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Is it scrumptious?

Carmi's Thematic Photographic 324 is Edible.

Here's a picture from November 27:

A chicken from Christmas:

And a couple of W.V. birds eating some suet (link to Stewart M.'s Wild Bird Wednesday 134).
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Fire on the Mountain and Geese on Lake Siri

Carmi's Thematic Photographic 356 is Electricity.
I saw this when walking up one of the mountain roads on Sunday.

I also heard lots of sirens. Tuesday, I took a look at the source of that smoke. I heard an electrical problem is a suspect.

I'm also linking to Michelle's Nature Notes (#339).
These Blacknose Dace live in Warm Spring Run along with the guppies. (I tried to get a better picture of them, but they are quite wary.)

I was wondering how close the geese by Lake Siri would let me get...



Update: I'm also linking to Stewart's Wild Bird Wednesday 174. Here's Mrs. Downy Woodpecker at the suet feeder, and a Carolina Wren through the basement sliding doors.


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Hairy, Red-Bellied, Downy

Michelle's Nature Notes (#347)~Rambling Woods is Nine Years Old…. Happy B-Day, Rambling Woods! These three woodpeckers all showed up at the suet feeder within six minutes yesterday.



Carmi's Thematic Photographic 364 is Tires.
Here's the right rear tire of the Thundermobile right after someone scraped it and zoomed off without stopping:

All in all, not so bad for the only vehicle vs. vehicle violence I've had with the car (a 2006 Honda Civic I bought in March of 2008).
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Favorite Pics of 2011, Part I

Theme 177 from Carmi of Written, Inc.: Favorite photos of the year. First installment, January through June:

January: Orbs from Friday Night


February: This Is Our House - Let Us In!


March: A Suet Day For Golf


April: We're going for a two point conversion...fish versus bird and Mourning Cloak butterfly.



May: David Brooks' Raptor Jesus scoop


June: Clouded Sulphur, Colias philodice


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