Kindness and Gentleness

We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity. More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness. 

~ Charlie Chaplin

Female Goldfinch snacks on a wildflower

Catbirds in Love

Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.

 ~  Robert A. Heinlein

Catbird Couple Hanging Out In My Backyard 

Sharing with Wild Bird Wednesday

Dapper Mr. Red

Just one smile

Immensely increases the beauty 

Of the universe.

~ Sri Chinmoy

Print Available - HERE   

Bluebird and Berry

 Love what is simple and beautiful. 

These are the essentials.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sweet and Wonderful

Don't you know how 
sweet and wonderful 
life can be?

~ Marvin Gaye

Sparrow parent getting ready to feed the babies.

A Version of this  Available - HERE 

Common Yellowthroat In the Blossoms

The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature. 

~ Joseph Campbell 

Artistic Print Available - HERE 

Magnolia Warbler - Male

“Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, 

in which you can walk with love and reverence.” 

 ― Henry David Thoreau

Common Yellowthroat Male

...everyone wants to be excited by something magical and wondrous...

~ John Geddes

Male Common Yellowthroat 

Heritage Park - Blacksburg, Virginia 

Mandarin Duck

It is often while you are looking for something else entirely that you make the most amazing finds. 

~ Marissa Moss

I couldn't have been more amazed to find this Mandarin Duck during a visit to Black Mountain North Carolina.  At first I thought it was a Wood Duck.  According to Wikipedia Black Mountain is one of the few places in the US with feral populations. 

Available - HERE 

Woodpecker Head Twist

As I was watching this Red-bellied Woodpecker, he twisted his head trying to get at something (an insect or grub perhaps) beneath the tree bark.  This is the first time I had ever seen one turn his head around like this.  

Difficult things take a long time, impossible things a little longer. 

~André A. Jackson

Birds Play Keep Away

Tufted Titmouse plays Keep Away 
with a White-breasted Nuthatch

We are never more fully alive, more completely ourselves, or more deeply engrossed in anything, than when we are at play.

~ Charles Schaefer 

A Moment's Peace

White-breasted Nuthatch  

A moment's truth 

Can and shall make the world beautiful. 

A moment's peace 

Can and shall save the world. 

A moment's love 

Can and shall make the world perfect.

~ Sri Chinmoy


Print Available - HERE 

Black and White Warbler

To pay attention, 
this is our endless and proper work.

~ Mary Oliver

My one and only sighting
This was taken at Bisset Park in Radford, Virginia - a GREAT place for birds! I had not identified him at that time - but I do believe he is a Black and White Warbler.

More Info on the Black and White Warbler is found - HERE 

Snowing On A Blue Jay

We only have this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand...and melting like a snowflake.  Let us use it before it is too late. 
~ Marie Beynon Ray 

From head to tail - the entire Blue Jay - HERE 

and
More Winter Birds - HERE 

Feathers of the Kinglet

Take a walk outside - it will serve you far more than pacing around in your mind.

~ Rasheed Ogunlaru

In a previous post I showed you the  

face of the Golden-crowned Kinglet

A Bit of Nutty Fun

White-breasted Nuthatch - Bisset Park - Radford, Virginia 

Is a smile a question? 

Or is it the answer? 

~ Lee Smith

Having Fun!

Tufted Titmouse 

Red-bellied Woodpecker 

You can't use up creativity. 
The more you use, the more you have. 

~ Maya Angelou

Sounding The Alarm

He who sings scares away his woes. 

 ~ Cervantes

I found a cool site with a BUNCH of bird sounds shown.

The Carolina Wren is listed several times (scroll down)

and it shows his song, call, and alarm along with lots of other birds.

It's found - HERE 

Yellow-rumped Warbler Series

What a SWEET Face! 

Surrounded by Berries 

You can see why it's called a Yellow-rumped Warbler

A Lucky Flight Shot!

Live your life as a curious student and you will discover how fascinating it is.

 ― Elena Ornig

Red-breasted Nuthatch

"Don't I have pretty markings?"

Every day brings a chance to live free of regret and with as much joy, fun, and laughter as you can stand.

~ Oprah Winfrey

I LOVE to have the Red-breasted Nuthatch visit the feeders   
They don't show up very often  so this was Pure DELIGHT!