Birding at its Best

A cardinal resting.

A Carolina Wren eyeing the suet.

BANNER MOUNTAIN GIRL # 16

TEN CHOICES                                                                           Mystery Birds

Seeing Double

Daisies and Roses

Landscape

Architecture

Moment of Motion

Natural World

Huge Mossy Rocks

Edge

Street

Bluebird scouts for a house

bluebird scouts
small vacant houses
springtime

© Freeda Baker Nichols

A Redbird and Mourning Dove

A redbird shares grain
with  a mourning dove who is
likely in mourning.

© Freeda Baker Nichols

 

An Autumn Frame

A deer so tame
she stood close to the road–
until the camera clicked

© 2016 Freeda Baker Nichols

A Poem and a Picture

OUTSMARTED

Barn swallows rested on a wire up high.
One carried straw to build a nest this spring.
The other watched, aware of harm nearby.
To warn its mate, the bird commenced to sing.
The little black cat leaped from hayloft door.
The swallows flapped and flew like Peter Pan.
The cat spit-cleaned his paws, to help ignore
the fact that cagey birds outfoxed his plan.

© 2016 Freeda Baker Nichols

little acorn

in the woodlands

preparing for springtime

little acorn

© 2016 Freeda Baker Nichols