What's Up With Mr Cardinal?

As always, click on photo to enlarge

Is he a juvenile?

A mutant?

Have a disease or just going bald??

Poor guy.

Happy Independence Day

O'er the ramparts we watched at the twilight's last gleaming

Love to all my friends,

Scary Mystery

One morning.. I went out to put something in the mailbox.

This was on the stone path in our front yard.

I leaned down to get a closer look.

EEEK..I'm a bit scared. I go to the

front door and called for Rich.

"Something out here is scaring me, come look please"

It's soft & velvety feeling ..& it looks like an EAR.

Shades of "Blue Velvet" (a movie by David Lynch)

it's an ear, it's an ear

It's creeping me out.

It's the size of a human ear.

Rich says.."everybody calm down"

Thank Heavens for the internet..it IS an ear, a Wood Ear

Mushroom & you can eat it.

Oh I'm glad I don't have to imagine about it ..

Grandson & Friends

Our fat cat, MYA

My grandson, Steven the youngest of all the grandboys.

One of my MANY toad friends.

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My Little Chickadee

Mama Chickadee feeding her babes.

This baby was peeking out for FOOd!!

They are out of the nest now & I hope safe.

You Gotta Eat

This guy..oh the places he'll go to eat and the aerobics

he has to do.

A new Cardinal

Downy Woodpeckers..Male & Female.

Guys sport some red on their head.

Fluttering By

It's right wing is weird, like it lost part of it.

Mrs. Ruby Throat stopped by too.

Chickadee

Here's where she's nested..tis our side yard

Yes, it is a Wren Box

I knew if I was patient...

I could get THIS picture.

Hoping to get baby heads next..instead of mama's backside.

A Walk with my BFF

My BFF Marcia came to visit today, we had iced tea & a GOOD salad

and then a lovely walk up Singing Woods Road

I love the stamens of a Poppy, this one is in our yard.

Even fungi can be pretty 

A house that is next to the Singing Woods preserve, recently

purchased by the Park District and added to the preserve.

The house and building will be the center for studying the preserve and 

it's water & wildlife

Hum, this bird, I don't know..was in a huge open field

(thank you Jayne..it is an Eastern Kingbird!!)

A butterfly in the road side growth

A Six Spotted Tiger Beetle