Look Outside my Window!

Our weather temperatures have decreased in the past few days to a moderate mid 80’s as the high and mid 50’s in the early morning. The humidity is remaining high. I see the Northern Cardinal families very active in the backyard, some of their adults birds are in the middle of their molting process and on the other hand, the new generation Cardinals are growing fast and looking very nice. Some of these families are my local birds which don’t migrate for winter.

My beautiful American Goldfinches have been active lately. I suspect that are starting to find their mates and it would please me very much if they ever decide to nest here and stay. Can you just imagine when each of the couples hatch at least five eggs, next my backyard would be looking like a “gold mine”. Yeah! A “gold rush” in Georgia!

Believe me, the Carolina Chickadee are also very active starting very early in the morning and then going back and forth carrying sunflower seeds to the trees area. That could mean one thing… preparing for the next 2 seasons! These birds are small little machines full of energy and they will work hard to have their nests secure and well provided of food. Great little birds!

Note: This bonus report comes from my front porch butterfly bush, it’s a Tiger Swallowtail butterfly, these are large size beauties. I hope that you like this week’s bonus.

17 thoughts on “Look Outside my Window!”

susanpoozan on September 1, 2015 at 7:50 am said:

You were right, that beautiful butterfly was a real bonus, congratulations on your excellent photography.

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- avian101 on September 1, 2015 at 10:24 am said:
  
  Thank you very much Susan! 🙂
  
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kathydoremus on September 1, 2015 at 7:57 am said:

Love how the colors of the cardinal blend with the woodwork. 🙂

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- avian101 on September 1, 2015 at 10:24 am said:
  
  Thanks Kathy! 🙂
  
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Backyardfriends on September 1, 2015 at 8:44 am said:

So pretty!

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- avian101 on September 1, 2015 at 10:25 am said:
  
  Thanks! 🙂
  
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Dorinda Duclos on September 1, 2015 at 9:19 am said:

What an incredible butterfly! Wonderful pictures, as always 🙂

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- avian101 on September 1, 2015 at 10:26 am said:
  
  Thank you so much Dorinda! 🙂
  
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clarepooley33 on September 1, 2015 at 4:26 pm said:

All beautiful shots! I look forward to seeing your gold-rush next year!

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- avian101 on September 1, 2015 at 6:09 pm said:
  
  Thank you Clare, that would be great! 🙂
  
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  - clarepooley33 on September 1, 2015 at 6:11 pm said:
    
    🙂
Tiny on September 1, 2015 at 11:50 pm said:

The bonus was wonderful, in addition to all the beautiful birds 🙂

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- avian101 on September 2, 2015 at 9:58 am said:
  
  Thank you very much Tiny! 🙂
  
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Iris@poetsmith on September 2, 2015 at 3:15 am said:

Delightful post! What a treat to see those beautiful birds and the special butterfly… thanks for this interesting write up. 🙂

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- avian101 on September 2, 2015 at 9:59 am said:
  
  Thank you Iris! I’m glad you liked it! 🙂
  
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Birder's Journey on September 4, 2015 at 9:37 pm said:

The Swallowtail really caught my eye!

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- avian101 on September 4, 2015 at 11:03 pm said:
  
  Thank you Carol! 🙂
  
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