Album Birds from Karen's Place

Barred Owl

nobody@ipernity.com (Karen's Place) — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 09:56:20 +0000

I hear these guys at night sometimes. They have even brought their babies close to the house this year.

You can learn more about them here: Barred Owl

And hear what they sound like here: Barred Owl Sounds

The Sunday Challenge - Hot/Cold

nobody@ipernity.com (Karen's Place) — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 18:14:28 +0000

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COLD (feet)

Momma on her nest

nobody@ipernity.com (Karen's Place) — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 20:28:38 +0000

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This little Rufous hummingbird made her nest near where we park our cars. My husband just happened to spot it. She is so sweet keeping her eggs warm. :)

Mountain Quail

nobody@ipernity.com (Karen's Place) — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 23:37:42 +0000

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Hummingbabies day 22 Time to Leave

nobody@ipernity.com (Karen's Place) — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 20:12:59 +0000

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It is morning and they look like they are getting ready to try out their new wings. Yay!! :)

Lord Love a Duck!

nobody@ipernity.com (Karen's Place) — Thu, 20 Mar 2014 20:18:09 +0000

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He just waddled on into the yard the other day in all his glorious cuteness.

Daydream

nobody@ipernity.com (Karen's Place) — Tue, 19 May 2015 04:29:37 +0000

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Soundtrack to Life

(Hopefully my photo will be a close enough link to the song.)

We were laughing in a daydream
With the world beneath our feet
And the sun smiled on the water
Where the skies and the ocean meet

Robin Trower featuring one of my favorite vocalist; James Dewer from their "Twice Removed From Yesterday album (1973): Daydream

or here: www.youtube.com

Wikipedia: James Dewar

Little Wing

nobody@ipernity.com (Karen's Place) — Sun, 07 Jun 2015 06:59:06 +0000

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Soundtrack to Life
NOT TSC
and and I Love Nature

Jimi Hendrix from his 1967 album "Axis: Bold as Love"

Here is: Little Wing

or try one of these:

www.youtube:Little Wing

www.youtube: Little Wing

Momma and baby Mallard

nobody@ipernity.com (Karen's Place) — Fri, 20 May 2016 05:39:57 +0000

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Northern Flicker

nobody@ipernity.com (Karen's Place) — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 03:33:55 +0000

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Sight and Sound

Bird, birds, Byrds....

The Northern Flicker is one of my very favorite birds so I chose one of my very favorite songs by "The Byrds" to go with him, with all the jingle jangling goodness that we love about this group.

From their 1965 "Mr. Tambourine Man" album here's another gem written by the wonderful Gene Clark:

If you can see it, this video is priceless. Check out David Crosby (pre-mustache) and the girls dancing. (They are just like my older sisters that I grew up with lol) :D

I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better

or from the album:

I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better or I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better

Pileated

nobody@ipernity.com (Karen's Place) — Wed, 11 May 2016 05:44:00 +0000

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Sight and Sound

This fella is a pileated woodpecker

(Danke to Norbert for the idea. ;)

Rolling Stones from "Sticky Fingers" 1971

Can't You Hear Me Knocking

Can't You Hear Me Knocking

Incense and Peppermints

nobody@ipernity.com (Karen's Place) — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 05:04:07 +0000

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This one fits into the "Tenuous Link" category.

As you can see this Red Breasted Sapsucker is really doing some damage to this poor birch tree. It was quite the battle between my husband and the sapsucker the other day. He tried several tactics to get the bird to fly away including aiming his leaf blower at the him while the bird just hung onto the tree happily sucking sap. Finally some peppermint oil applied to the tree seemed to do the trick and the bird has gone away, unharmed. (I was just happy to get this photo. :)

So.... from 1967 here is Strawberry Alarm Clock with...

Incense and Peppermints (I love the clothing in this video!)

Another fun one:

Incense and Peppermints

Mountain Quail

nobody@ipernity.com (Karen's Place) — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 09:38:11 +0000

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Visitors

nobody@ipernity.com (Karen's Place) — Thu, 19 May 2016 05:40:35 +0000

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A pair of Canadian geese visited our pond.

James Galway & Phil Coulter from the album "Legends" (1997)

Lament for the Wild Geese

Lament for the Wild Geese

Wild Geese

nobody@ipernity.com (Karen's Place) — Wed, 29 Jun 2016 05:34:54 +0000

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Sight and Sound

I took this one a little while ago. It was my first time actually capturing birds in flight that were somewhat recognizable. Not completely in focus, I salvaged it by changing it to b/w, using "infrared" and s/c so you could actually see the geese. I'm pairing it with this instrumental by this group from the Netherlands.

The Arrows from their "Step Out" album Vol.2 (1998)

(Sorry, it's the only link I could find)

Wild Geese

Big Log

nobody@ipernity.com (Karen's Place) — Sun, 01 May 2016 06:57:46 +0000

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TSC

Sight and Sound

"Something that Used to be Something Else"

This "duck perch" use to be a big log. Mr. and Mrs. Hooded Merganser are enjoying a rest there. They were about 200 feet (61 meters) away from me so I used my big 100-300mm lens for this shot without my tripod.

~ Looks best BIG ~

Robert Plant from "The Principle of Moments" album (1983)

Big Log or Big Log

Nest Eggs

nobody@ipernity.com (Karen's Place) — Sun, 08 May 2016 07:00:06 +0000

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TSC

Sight and Sound

May 7th - "Take a picture of what you are doing on this day."

On this day I went exploring and found a little bird's nest filled with eggs. It belongs to a Dark Eyed Junco We have many of these little birds here year round. We call them "Tap Taps" because they come to the upstair's window and tap on it and drive the cats crazy. The male will get in fights with his own reflection in our car mirrors if we leave them parked outside the garage for any length of time. It's really funny to watch, but can make a mess on your car.

You can see this happening here

And a little update on the nest: Here

And, of course, a song to go along: Annie Lennox from "Diva" (1992)

Live: Little Bird

Acoustic version live: Little Bird

Songbird

nobody@ipernity.com (Karen's Place) — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 06:09:58 +0000

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This is a little Song Sparrow that I found down at the pond.

Jesse Colin Young from his (1975) album "Songbird"

Songbird

or....

Dan Fogelberg from his "No Resemblance Whatsoever" album (1995) with Flutist Tim Weisberg

Songbird

We are Family

nobody@ipernity.com (Karen's Place) — Thu, 26 May 2016 05:07:52 +0000

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Momma Mallard and all 13 of her babies. I used selective color so you could see them better.

(Try it Big)

Sisters Sledge (1979)

We Are Family

We Are Family

Breaking up...

nobody@ipernity.com (Karen's Place) — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 06:11:18 +0000

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Troubles at the pond

Mr. and Mrs. Wood Duck are having some difficulties.

I was never a Neil Sedaka fan growing up. Oh sure, I always liked this song on the radio, but when I was 18 I was taken to one of his concerts and, man oh man, was he ever good. I still count it as one of my favorite concerts ever.

Here's both the fast and slow versions of this great song:

Fast: Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

Live Slow: Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

Album slow (starts fast): Breaking Up Is Hard To Do