Garden Photos of '09......#5

He and his partner were there all day with all the regular kids. Here she is. No fights. Patti

Looking south at the moment.

Lulin is still about.

i think i remember white flower farm and wayside had pic's of jm' s and ferns that look good planted together - it may have been last year though will have to look

Here's one of mine.

pretty

Thanks - I prefer the pairing with a more palmate JM form.

wow those are amazing pics of the birds
what kind of camera care you using
im real impressed

mona

Thanks, I am flattered as I am not a photographer. DH is way better. It is a Cannon power shot that I bought after seeing Boojum's in Dec of 2007. I don't know much about all its features. Too lazy to learn. This is H. 'Charmeur' taken today in natural light in the kitchen.

Victor, That is a wow color combo. I am all about trying to get good leaf pairings, Patti

that's a pretty shot

Very nice shot, Patti.

"Brilliant," Patti!

Thanks, here was Grand Central today. Patti

O that is so prettiful. My winter birds have powdered off into the mountains cept for Chick and Dee.

So you have all the goldfinches.:o

We have so many. Lucky us. Patti

I love all the bird pics.

Love the amaryllis Patti.

Victor, I agree with Patti.... wow.

Good morning everyone.
I put out a large feeder for finches and chickadees in the fall.
They went thru a 20 pound bag of food in a month.
I noticed a lack of Finches after the end of Dec. and an increase of Juncos.
The food isnt dissapearing as fast either. A week ago I noticed Purple Finches,Gold Finches and Dark eyed Juncos all perched on the feeder.
The feed dissapears at about a quart a day.
Migration has started.
Patti I noticed a Robin ,ours dont return for another week.
So great to see them.

purple finches showed up last week I dont think they like this cold one keeps on sitting inside the lean-to feeder I built last fall, he is inside it all day just eating and relaxing its like he has his little feet up and just pigging out lol

Ge1836, we have a fair number of Robins that winter over in our yard, but the other day we had our first group of returning ones. They arrived as a big group and looked like a band of maurders marching across the yard. These will most likely not be staying here, but heading further north for the summer. Except for a few weeks in spring we have a pretty constant number. There is a huge group of Robins that winter over on the Cape near Hyannis that at the Winter Bird Count in Dec was suppose to be over 80,000 Robins. That is a lot of Robins living on the Cape for the winter, poor worms! We buy our thistle seed at Job lot. 25 lbs for $25.00 which is the cheapest I have found. It is so nice to hear them all singing on this beautiful sunny morning. Patti

Shelly - any new pics to start a new thread?

T here are winter Robins in this area too but near the shores of Lake Ontario 30 miles north. The migraters come next week,but I always look for them early.
They stay until that years chicks have flown and then I dont see them until next year.

Its something.

this is this morning at 7am dropping off hubby to work lol I couldnt resist such a nice view so click camera is always with me learned the hard way that events only happen once

That's a great idea Scicci. One that I definitely agree with. And that picture is the reason why! Very nice.

Schicken, that's more than something. It's pretty!
Pretty Robin. Patti!

Lol. Funny Victor!

Well then...... On to the new thread we go.

New garden photos thread this way----> http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/959263/

This message was edited Mar 4, 2009 7:42 AM

Link didn't link! Here it is:

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/959263/

My computer's so slow this morning that I think that everyone who was online was able to see that before I could! That's good though. Keeps me thinking! Thanks Victor.

The new thread won't work for me, Shelley--can you try again? Loved the bird photos---we've had goldfinches all winter, but no purple finches---just some house finches---I don't feed niger seed---just a hull-less mix of sunflowers, & mixed nuts---all the birds seem to like it. Nice to see a little more yellow on the GFs--spring is near! Mona & Sherrie---very nice cheerful photos!

Try it again! I think it works now. If not, Victors' does. At least half of the time I forget to put the space befoe the link and do that. I drive myself nuts with it sometimes!!