Please share your photos of nature, wildlife, etc.

Wink · Jul 16, 2024

And of course, I had to take a close up of the single flower in the lily pads...

Ann · Jul 20, 2024

earlier this month at our mountain vacay home.

jaqjaqjaq · Jul 22, 2024

Our sky this evening after a brief thunderstorm. And one with a filter, just because.

Star gazer · Jul 26, 2024

Very hard to catch this sweet boy, but today I did! I love the way canaries fly, and sing. So beautiful!

Lookinagain · Jul 26, 2024

Star gazer said:
Very hard to catch this sweet boy, but today I did! I love the way canaries fly, and sing. So beautiful!

They're beautiful, but I think that looks like an American Goldfinch (male).

Star gazer · Jul 26, 2024

Lookinagain said:
They're beautiful, but I think that looks like an American Goldfinch (male).

Ah ok, good to know @Lookinagain !! They really are so beautiful, it looks like they're floating on air as they fly! And they dip and then go up again, and circle our backyard, in this pattern! <3

Lookinagain · Jul 26, 2024

Star gazer said:
Ah ok, good to know @Lookinagain !! They really are so beautiful, it looks like they're floating on air as they fly! And they dip and then go up again, and circle our backyard, in this pattern! <3

Yes, I love them too. They lose a lot of their color in the winter and it's so nice to see them getting their color back when spring arrives. The females are less bright of course. Here is a male with a female in the background.

Star gazer · Jul 26, 2024

Lookinagain said:
Yes, I love them too. They lose a lot of their color in the winter and it's so nice to see them getting their color back when spring arrives. The females are less bright of course. Here is a male with a female in the background.

Love that! One of my favourite things about Spring, is seeing them again! (The other birds too.) I look forward to it so much

stracci2000 · Jul 26, 2024

Lookinagain said:
Yes, I love them too. They lose a lot of their color in the winter and it's so nice to see them getting their color back when spring arrives. The females are less bright of course. Here is a male with a female in the background.

@Star gazer @Lookinagain
When I saw the little yellow bird, I thought of this song. From The Picture of Dorian Gray(1945), sung by the amazing Angela Lansbury, as Sybil Vane. She was only 20 years old.

If you know the story, things end very badly for poor Sybil Vane.

Star gazer · Jul 26, 2024

stracci2000 said:
@Star gazer @Lookinagain
When I saw the little yellow bird, I thought of this song. From The Picture of Dorian Gray(1945), sung by the amazing Angela Lansbury, as Sybil Vane. She was only 20 years old.

If you know the story, things end very badly for poor Sybil Vane.

I love this, thank you so much for sharing!!

@stracci2000

Lookinagain · Jul 26, 2024

Star gazer said:
I love this, thank you so much for sharing!! @stracci2000

Ditto!

Lookinagain · Jul 28, 2024

Wild turkey family out for a Sunday stroll!

stracci2000 · Jul 28, 2024

Lookinagain said:
Wild turkey family out for a Sunday stroll!

Babies!

Lookinagain · Jul 28, 2024

Yes, a ton of them. And two females actually. I was out on the deck with my daughter and she had her phone and took a quick photo, but the other female had already passed. And there were a few more babies (I think at least 2) who had wandered off the path, but caught up later. I abut conservation land and that's where they were headed. They were so cute!