Don't the feathers of this cedar waxwing look like velvet? Such soft and beautiful colors. He's sitting in the Carolina laurel tree outside my studio window. The tree has ripened black berries from last year and is in bloom with creamy puffs of spring flowers all at the same time. I took this photo through the window so it's a bit blurry but you can see the striking markings of this lovely bird.
The little cottontail rabbit came back but I didn't see his friend. This morning I checked my raised vegetable garden and half of my sweet peas are gone but the lettuce is still there. Do you think the rabbit ate them? It's up about three feet, I didn't think a cottontail rabbit would jump up that high. I may have to put up a fence. This garden may cost me more than I hoped to spend to grow some fresh vegetables. Thanks for reading and for all your comments.
This is great!
ReplyDeleteHmmm, don't think a rabbit could pass nibbling on lettuce. Think you had another visitor, maybe a deer.
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The turtle didn't do it.
ReplyDeleteHi Bro, thanks.
ReplyDeleteHi Kittie, thanks, you may be right about the deer, I think I saw they had munched on something else too. I'll have to get a fence.
I'll check into the google plus, didn't know a thing about friend connect, why are these companies always changing stuff on us?
Hi Dennis, thanks, no the turtle didn't do it but I did see the big one out of his den yesterday so it's warm enough for them to come out. Ha.
The bird is beautiful, makes me think of painting one in velvet under glaze without any other glaze on top.
ReplyDeleteNo matter who is eating your peas it sounds like time for a fence. Sorry.
Hi Lori, thanks, it would have to be with a very smooth clay and one that wasn't pure white I think. That's what I do with many of my wall tiles, I use velvet underglaze and no glaze on top, they look more like a painting than they do like ceramic, then I spray them with a matt sealer. Yeah if I have any left when I go out there today I'll rig something up. I put the tomato cages over them temporarily.
ReplyDeletethe bird almost doesn't look real! beautiful.
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ReplyDeleteHi Michele, thanks, I think it must have been a young one because I didn't see the red tips at the end of the wings. I think taking the photos through the window gives the photographs a soft feeling somehow, we have that film on our windows and it must act like a filter lens or something.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the great photo of the cedar waxwing! That is my very favorite bird. I love the soft colors that you mentioned. It was a such a nice surprise. Of course, the cottontail was a nice bonus too.
ReplyDeleteHi Ms. Sparrow, thanks, this is the first time I have ever seen a waxwing in person. I had previously only seen them in photos, there may not be many on the West coast so I felt lucky to see this one. I read a rabbit can hear a whisper a long distance away with their ears so I don't dare go outside to take their photo.
ReplyDeleteI would not put it past a rabbit to jump that high for tasty greens. I had a pet rabbit that would jump that high to get out of his enclosure. Good luck with the gardening:)
ReplyDeleteHi Kelly, thanks, maybe you are right about the rabbit, my Gary was saying the same things about his pet rabbits he had as a kid, just couldn't figure out why they didn't eat the red leaf lettuce maybe the taste of the peas was sweeter and they are saving the lettuce for later. Ha.
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