Wow. Really stunning! Love the look of the white edge on the deep red flowers.

Thank you, Pug. Noto, That's how it's done properly, true, and that's how it was done this time. Blu, I don't know - but the ones up here are plump enough to think that they were chickens with different-coloured coats on. There is a Mexican robin (Turdus sp.) I seem to perhaps remember, but the bigger-the-farther-north-you-go is, I've heard, true with raccoons. The ones in California are kittens to the lynx-sized ones of Ontario, I've heard. We don't have skunks, possums or raccoons here.

Good morning fellow bird watchers. The robin is getting very close to leaving the nest. I received a box of seeds and gifts from Sue yesterday. Did I mention seeds? WOW! seeds, seeds, and more seeds. The seeds for newbies were donated by Mellen, djm906 and Sue. A very special thank you to all three of you for your generosity. There are thirteen on the list now: araillia bogartbaby clacy2k dhardee efrosty1 ktd125 margec melissa_nc momtoej monipook nightnurse1968 sweety13 wynative Thirteen, hmmm...I don't have triskaidekaphobia, but fourteen or fifteen sure would be a more comfortable number. Anybody else want to join? Ara

IN the groups of birds, there were some that were similar to the Robins, dark gray, yellow beak and eye, but clearly no reddish orange breast coloring. They quickly moved away from my yard (still covered with a lot of snow and water) to another farther down that had more open grass and soil. The Northern Mockingbirds are too light gray, and I didn't see any white whits markings, though I could have easily missed them due to the distance. The Cedar Waxwings are a wishful possibility, but again, the birds I saw were of a uniformly dark color. Also, there are no berries around here. They were all gobbled up quickly in fall, and any drupes left on some trees were chased down by the squirrels on their high-wire act. The squirrels even go into my yews and eat all the little red berries. The birds I saw were clearly pecking and digging in the ground to find food. Today is colder and windy, and there aren't as many birds around