Turkeys, Squirrel, and Blackbirds

God's gifts. Natural entertainment. When we got home the other day there were some turkeys up the hill. Got some pics.

Today I was watching the birds from the dining room window. There were two blackbirds. One was digging for delicious treasures in the grass, and then instead of enjoying the fruit of its labors, it was giving each tidbit to the other one. The "baby" that was being fed was at least as big as the one doing all the work.

We have a new birdfeeder setup now. We have a couple feeders hanging from the hooks on the swingset. I've removed the swings. Robert helped me carry the swingset up under some trees not far from the house.

There have been squirrels eating seeds that the birds fling on the ground lately, but today one of the squirrels decided to take advantage of the proximity to the trees. It climbed a tree, hopped onto the swingset, and made its way over to the full feeder. It couldn't get to the seed at the bottom though. It was entertaining, watching it try to bite through the chain holding the feeder to the swingset.

Sierra Discovery Trail June 2009 (Part Three)

(Part One)
(Part Two)

Marae and Breann walked around the hiking trail while Raymond and I relaxed at the picnic table. I sent one of the cameras with them. The cool greenacious plant and waterfall are two of the pictures they came back with.

Meanwhile we were visited by a Downy Woodpecker and a Western Tanager.

When I was prowling around looking to see if the Tanager was still close by, I saw a little rainbow directly overhead. I stretched out on the ground to take the picture.

Sierra Discovery Trail (Part Two)

(Part One)

It was a bit chilly and sort of caught us off guard. Fortunately Marae had something to wrap up in, and Breann warmed up with some coffee. Oops.

Since it was a Fathers Day trip everyone humored me by playing with Rubik's Cubes for a few minutes. Raymond wins the prize for sticking with it the longest. Although he has not played with them forever, he was able to solve 3 scrambled cubes in 3 minutes 40 seconds. I love Cubing, but not for speed. But watching him is fun. It amazes me how fast he is, considering how little he works at it.

Father's Day Weekend Trip to Sierra Discovery Trail

Raymond and Breann, and Marae and I went on a day trip to Sierra Discovery Trail. Shortly after settling in at one of the picnic tables, Marae and Breann sat around the picnic area while Raymond and I went creek walking in the frigid water.

Here are the photos for this first part of the day. Clicking on a picture will open a large version of the same, so you can see greater detail. God gave us several interesting things to stop and look at, and a good time together.