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Here Today, Gone Tomorrow

During the recent cold spell, the bird food seemed to melt away, even in the freezing weather. It had been filled just the day before and by the next afternoon, it was nearly all gone. I have heard that birds need a lot of food to fuel their feathery furnaces just to keep from freezingContinue reading “Here Today, Gone Tomorrow”

Shadows of the Season

The rising January sun lurked low to the horizon, once again casting rays where the sun seldom shines. It is slowly moving north day by day, and in a few weeks its fingers of light will no longer be able to reach this door handle. For now, however, the wandering rays will work their magicContinue reading “Shadows of the Season”

Return of the Rays

The days are slowly getting longer now, but for the past week or more it was impossible to tell. Cold fronts left the skies gray and even dropped some welcome rain here, though elsewhere in northern Florida, record snow fell. However, the sunlight has finally returned, and though we had freezing temperatures yesterday, warmer weatherContinue reading “Return of the Rays”

Magic Rocks

These plain old dark rocks hold a “magic” secret; they are attracted to a magnet as seen by the one held above the mat in the bottom photo. I found the larger one at Green River Lakes in Wyoming; the smaller was purchased at a rock shop in Colorado. They are called magnetite, and theContinue reading “Magic Rocks”

Brown Blackbird

At the Ocala Wetland Recharge Park in Ocala, Florida, I found this cute, little, brown bird and thought it was a type of sparrow that I had never seen before. It obligingly held still for this photo so I could later identify it. To my surprise, it isn’t a sparrow, but rather a female red-wingedContinue reading “Brown Blackbird”