I was messing around with the camera on my Ipad mini and took this panorama shot of my backyard. So cool! If you click on the picture you can see it in a bigger size.

I looked out our back door this morning and found a deer in our backyard. I grabbed my camera with zoom lens and quietly made my way out to try and get a picture. He looked up at me and froze and I snapped this picture. I love deer, but really hope they don't discover our garden. Soon after I  got this picture, he headed off toward the hedge row and into the field.
 

I had another nice surprise this morning. After getting some pictures of the deer, I spotted our Tree Swallows who had come back for a visit. They left the bird house over two weeks ago. They sat on the garden arbor long enough for me to get several shots of them. All in all a great morning for photography :0)

Blue Jay Way

While there was snow on the ground last week, I threw out some
bread for the birds to eat. The Blue Jays took advantage of the
feast. Our cat, Libby, ate whatever bread was leftover :0)


Blue Jay chilling out in one of our Bradford Pear trees.

The blue jay is an attractive winter bird. He fits well into
the wintry scenery--bright, clear sky, and the blue shadows
on the snow. After his burst of noise in the autumn, he becomes
comparatively quiet, and during the colder months uses mainly
his jeer call, and this not overmuch. But on soft mornings in
January and February, when the temperature is rising, we may
hear his sweetly whistled teekle note. Tea-cup, tea-cup, he
sings--a sure sign of a mild day.

Mr. and Mrs. Cardinal

We had a yard full of Cardinals the other day. I counted
10 of them...males and females. I don't know what is
up with this Cardinal's feathers. He almost looks like he's
blotched or something.


Female Cardinal scouting for bugs in our back yard.