Colours growing wild.
I can easily imagine a lavender field in Provence.
Ripening Saskatoon berries, food for everyone.
The tiny Yellow Warbler never ceases to fascinate me.
… here practising her trapeze skill.
Or the American Goldfinch… common for the Americans, but always a golden moment for me when I capture one in picture.
A delight even just to see the common Robin basking in the the setting sun, redder than ever.
The ordinary in a different frame.
Common sight, common light, common grace.
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Lovely nature shots, such a nice variety.
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Beautiful, colorful photos. It’s always a delightful surprise to see a goldfinch in the trees behind our house, and your pictures captured this one beautifully.
My Saturday Snapshot post is HERE.
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Sandra,
It’s a joy seeing some colours in our woods other than brown and green. And these tiny song birds come only in the spring/summer.
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Each and every one of these is making my heart beat faster! They are exquisite. What wonderful country you inhabit and how well you capture its colors, energy and yes, even the sounds — silent, perhaps, but I can hear them from here!
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Jeanie,
I’m sure you’ll see more colourful birds in your lake area. One bird I long to see is the Cardinal, right, very common I’m sure in your neck of the woods. We don’t have them here. Maybe I’ll see some this fall on my trip.
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So peaceful…. The season is too short! I love the subtle colour of the finch in the poplars.
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Michelle,
When I saw the Goldfinch, it was midday and the sun was so hot, around 30C. I’m sure you’re getting much higher temp. down in OK. Often for me it’s a toss up of staying indoors with air con or out in the heat of day, albeit I usually go in the morning or late evening now.
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Lovely pictures! It is amazing how colorful those birds are!
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You probably see many more colourful birds than I do here, Melinda. 😉
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Love the goldfinch…so sweet. I don’t see them much around here. Lovely summer wood shots!
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Ellen,
I thought the Goldfinch is common in your country… being ‘American’. 😉
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What beautiful photos. I love the lavender flowers and the goldfinch with spreading wings.
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Joy,
Unfortunately those are not lavenders, just ‘ordinary wild flowers.’ That’s why I’m dreaming of a purplish field of lavender in Provence. 😉
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I love woods any time of year, especially fall and winter, but you always manage to capture the serenity and peace.
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Bellezza,
Thanks! You always have a positive comment for me. 😉
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Those photos are beautiful! I especially like the lavender field!
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VIcki,
The lavender field is in my mind’s eye. Those in the photos are ‘ordinary’ purplish wild flowers. 😉
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They’re all beautiful. And you know, I rarely get to see the goldfinch in its breeding colors. When they’re here in the winter, they are much more drab. They’re just as delightful, but not nearly so attractive.
For the first time, I have a cardinal coming to my feeder this year. It clearly has babies around, or the mother is still sitting on the nest, because papa flies back and forth and back and forth with his peanuts. (Shelled, raw.) And now the bluejay babies are out and about — funny looking, and sweet.
I’d love to see a warbler some time. I think that’s my favorite of this group. They are so vibrant, so obviously full of song.
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Can you believe I’ve never seen a Cardinal. And I’m hoping that I’ll catch one in picture this fall during my road trip. Hopefully not too late to see them. As for Bluejays, yes we have them. But I haven’t seen any baby BJ before. Your backyard sounds like a bird haven.
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Gorgeous photos, as always! I especially like the spider web pic – you captured that perfectly.
Sue
2015 Big Book Summer Challenge
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Sue,
Thanks for mentioning that. Yes, that spider web – however faintly it caught my eyes since it was so fine – was beautiful against the setting sun.
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The time of year when us book bloggers get out a bit! I’m about to post about a beach walk that led to secondhand book stalls. Thought I was being original with my outdoorsiness.
Didn’t realise there’s an American goldfinch. We get the red striped variety here in Britain (quite local to myself, in fact). Interesting the latter appears on the cover of the book by the American novelist. Well shot btw – 300mm+ lens and monopod?
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Jeff,
Guess I’ve got several hats, book blogger, film reviewer, and yes, avid birder. And I do go out birding all year round, even in -20C temp. 😉 Check out my pics under the Saturday Snapshot search term and you’ll see… life goes on in the Canadian winter.
And you’re right about the lens. I use a Nikon D5100 camera with a 300mm lens for birds, but no monopod though.
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I’ve always appreciated your bird shots, Arti. You expertly capture them in their natural habitat. Recently, a pigeon somehow made its way into my humble abode … for three days. I’ve been very busy and extremely preoccupied, but it does blow what’s left of my mind that I failed to realize that I’d been sharing my home with a feral flying creature for 72 hours. Even after I realized I had this guest, and I photographed it in its unnatural habitat, my image has nothing on yours in the great outdoors.
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LA,
That was quite a hair-raising experience … to have a silent prowler right inside your own home, and for 3 days! I’ve a snow shovel in the garage, but no broom in the house. Wouldn’t know what to do even if I had one. That’s why I love birdwatching in the wild because that’s just what it is: watching only, and, their place, not mine. 😉
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Love that dense layering of greens in the first shot, Arti. So full of life! I also love the image of the Warbler with the yellow lichen echo on the tree.
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Thanks nikkipolani! Those are my favourite shots too. 😉
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Colours red and purple turning late summer… Lovely lighting.
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Denise,
Apart from the hails and thunderstorms, our summer is lovely. 😉
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Lovely as always! The geese are already beginning to fly south, a large flock of them came by the lake near my house last week. It’s crazy how fast this summer has gone by!
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