A Second Look--August 17, 2011

This week during a Second Look, I focused on the animals around us. It was a challenge to capture what I saw because I have a simple point and shoot digital camera with only a 4X zoom. Not the best thing for taking pictures of creatures that scattered every time I got within shooting range. Several pictures were actually taken out our kitchen window.  Anyway, here are a few things I saw this week around the yard.

This one of neighbor's cattle resting by our back fence.

We call this Tree of Heaven tree our woodpecker tree. Most years, woodpeckers "peck" out a nest here because the wood is very soft.

Adult male purple finch

Annie watching a black snake that is crawling in the basement window well.

Cardinal at the bird feeder.

 

Something had a nice snack from this goose egg.

What used to be our favorite maple tree until a sapsucker spent several years damaging it. It probably should be taken down sometime soon.

 

Bumble bee on blanket flower

Doe and fawn. There is another pair just behind them.

A Second Look 7-13-11

A Second Look around the yard this week provided some disappointment. We have been carefully watching our first tomato ripen. When it was just a few days away from perfection, we found it on the ground with several bites taken out of it. We're not sure what creature helped itself, but we suspect a squirrel. Maybe it was hungry because the cardinals have been spending a fair amount of time on the bird feeder. However, the squirrel still looks fat to me. 

Also, we have seen at least two different fawns, and just recently we have seen one without its mother close by. I guess it's growing up.

Here are some things I found this week around the yard.

Disappointing first tomato

Day lily bud starting to open

Hosta Blooms

Tiger lily

Pink yarrow

White balloon flower with katydid.

Cardinal guarding the bird feeder

Adventurous fawn