Taking the rest of the week off from blogging..

Have a little time to spend together with my family.. so we are staying outside (in between snow, wind and rain storms) and enjoying our time together

I shall return to Blogging next week.. when my husband goes back to work.. and the kids are off to school….

but if, I don’t make it back.. you know I will be in the woods…

some place..

and will return

eventually..

 

 

 

 

This distant photograph of the amazing Great Gray Owl is the only one that I have ever been able to get. These massive birds are one of my dear friend Susan’s (from Ironside Bird Rescue)favorites, so when we happended upon this beauty sitting on a stick right next to the road, I was thrilled. But as things sometimes go, he/she flew off to this tree before I could get ready, and I was only able to get this one photograph before it silently disappeared into the dark timber.

A few years ago I was able to introduce my children to a long time friend of mine. Growing up in the Western mountains, there was one bird that I will always remember with great fondness. The Canadian or Gray Jay, better known as the camp robber, and for good reason. These fantastic little birds are well known by anyone who has ever visited the high mountain wilderness. These birds are quite tame and so intelligent they can and will beg, plead and even steal for a free hand out of food. They are even so bold that they will fly down and take food from your plate or even your hand. Camp robbers begin to nest in February and lay eggs in March. As you can imagine it is quite cold in the snow-covered mountains that time of year. Therefore, these ingenious little birds will gather the fur from carrion to line their nests. Through out the warmer months they hoard food. They mix this food with their saliva turning it into sticky little balls called pellets, and then they will make little stashes around the forest to retrieve to sustain themselves during the cold winter days and nights while they nest, and food is scarce. I know it is not a good idea to feed wildlife, but these little thieves really do not care if you are making an offering or not. They are persistent and after all, they are only filling their pantries so they can raise their young in some of the coldest and harshest country in North America… Telling them no, would be like telling your squirrels that they can’t eat the seeds around your bird feeders.. Good luck with that!!

Photos taken with Canon 35 MM camera and scanned for use on computer.

Thumper

the bunny in the picture…

He is a miracle,

but not just any miracle

he is miracle of nature,

a new form of life.

Written by and music chosen by

9 yr old~ Josiah Ray Huston

Playlist choise/ Miracle