Okay, Junior, forget about pecking at houses. This is how we find the best bugs — on the trees. You hold on with your toes and hop around all sides of the tree. The tree doesn’t mind. It thinks we’re hugging it.
And keep an eye out for hawks. They like to snatch up flickers, especially young naive little morsels like you.
You got that? Look, I didn’t mean to frighten you, but we have to watch out for them at all times.
Okay, Mom. Sheesh! It sure is a long way down!
Oooooh, look! A rabbit!
Yikes! So it is! Keep looking up, Junior!
Never mind the rabbit!
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June 16, 2020 at 7:28 am
Great photos, Anneli! I love how your words go perfectly with the photos. ❤️
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June 16, 2020 at 10:57 am
That’s the easy part. You just look at their expressions and you can practically hear what they’re thinking.
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June 16, 2020 at 7:36 am
Again, a wonderful story: makes me smile!
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June 16, 2020 at 10:57 am
Thanks, Pit. I thought of you this morning when I saw the first tiny, tiny fawn with its mother.
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June 16, 2020 at 7:37 am
Thanks for sharing these awesome photos with a bright, sunny story. This makes my morning complete.
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June 16, 2020 at 10:55 am
That’s great. I have a lot of fun with my birds and animals around here.
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June 16, 2020 at 8:34 am
Cute, story as well as the pics 👌😊
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June 16, 2020 at 10:44 am
Thanks, Hans.
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June 16, 2020 at 8:38 am
This is precious. I’m adding more birds to my next prehistoric fiction book (of course early man would love to fly like birds and wonder how they do it) so your many wonderful articles will probably become anecdotal sources.
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June 16, 2020 at 10:51 am
I wonder what they might have been like in those very early days! Would love to take a quick trip back there in a time machine (and bring my bear spray for the cannibals).
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June 16, 2020 at 10:50 am
The final line of your story got a belly laugh out of me, anneli. Great fun and terrific photos.
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June 16, 2020 at 10:54 am
Thanks, Jet. You can see the terror of heights on that flicker’s bugged out eye. (Well, in my imagination, anyway.)
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June 16, 2020 at 1:22 pm
Such fine looking birds. The young have to learn quickly!
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June 16, 2020 at 1:33 pm
They sure do. I have some unhappy stories about them too, but I’d rather post the happy ones.
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June 16, 2020 at 1:48 pm
Thanks for the smile! Flickers are such characters.
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June 16, 2020 at 1:50 pm
I love them for their antics.
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June 16, 2020 at 6:47 pm
Birds and other wildlife love your place! And they are such a joy to watch!
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June 16, 2020 at 7:14 pm
They really do bring us a lot of joy, Diane. I think they like it here because there are trees and lots of shrubs for hiding in.
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June 16, 2020 at 9:31 pm
I love your script – you’re so good at framing the photos with a story.
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June 16, 2020 at 9:41 pm
Thank you so much, Lynette. Glad you enjoyed this little bit of fun.
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June 16, 2020 at 11:08 pm
Very good pictures and a funny story to go with them! I also love watching what the birds do in my garden.
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June 17, 2020 at 8:40 am
It sure makes life interesting to be aware of what nature is doing all around us.
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June 17, 2020 at 10:09 am
Always entertaining, watching the mama birds with their babies. There are so many of them around right now, learning how to navigate their way around the backyard. Love your photos. The clarity is amazing. Cute little story to go with them as well.
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June 17, 2020 at 10:36 am
Well, I don’t know about the clarity – it can always be better – but it was a fair distance away and you always lose something when you have to zoom in and try to hold still. But I’m happy that they’re recognizable and that I could make up something about the expressions I saw on their faces. That bunny in the photo must have younger brother and sisters. One was in my garden, stuffing his face all night!
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