Another great day of adventures and new sights. Hey! Your Meadowlarks are more colorful than mine! I was mesmerized by how well you followed the TV around in the sky. Such a steady hand. It was a good day for both of us to get out into the sunshine and fresh air!

As far as following the TV-I'm getting better! And yes Barb, there's nothing better than enjoying nature in the sunshine and fresh air! Thanks for commenting! 

  Day 23 in Paradise brought me to the Missouri state line as I took a new dirt road that went on forever. I saw many road conditions on White Oak Hollow Rd. including hair pin turns,steep hills,areas where it was barely wide enough for 1 vehicle and at one spot a creek actually flowed across the road. There was concrete under the water to cut down on erosion problems I'm guessing. My journey brought me glimpses at steep drop offs,geese,swans,dogs that weren't happy to see me,chickens,goats,llamas,wonderful landscapes and many old vehicles.
  Of course I saw Angel (Bertha) and Red-tail Hawks. And I caught a pair of Meadowlarks talking to each other on power lines until a 2nd male showed up-then they all flew down onto a field and started searching for breakfast. As I drove thru town to get bird food at the feed and seed I spotted a tornado shelter sign (Pearidge is in what is known as tornado alley) and I finished up by giving my sisters' Jeep a bath at the local car wash as it was covered in mud from my adventures!

Check out my photo album by clicking on the link below and there's a couple videos too

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 http://youtu.be/Kn7OD4LOquA

 http://youtu.be/0gAaHG4m9Ec

I especially liked the shot from underneath the starling - something quite different.  So glad the geese and cows have access to water again.

Dot in PA

Dot, I love taking shots from below my subjects and in case you didn't notice,mirror shots are another favorite of mine. 

   Sorry about the link for my album today-I fixed it so here's the new link that should have 52 pics.

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   Day 22 in Paradise brings sun,warm temps in the low 60's and thawed out ponds for all the critters! My first encounter was a couple cows scratching on tree limbs-hey,whatever works! I ventured out onto a couple more new dirt roads that put much mud on my sisters Jeep-what fun I have playing in the mud!! I saw more old vehicles,horses,goats,Red-tail Hawks,an American Kestrel,uniquely named roads and scenery. A few more dogs with one that chased me back to the jeep and down the road-a gorgeous Rottweiler that didn't want me near his property as I stepped out to take a pic. Boy was the adrenalin racing thru my veins on that one! Some very nice homes built on a hill, a rather small house made of stone which would suit me just fine and a home that had tiny stones for a yard making a lawn mower of no use. Talk about low maintenance, this place had no bushes or gardens whatsoever! Boring to me but to each his own I guess. I ended my watch with Savannah running across the front pasture to join the cows with Ginger bringing up the rear at her own pace.

Click on the link below to see pics of todays adventure

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 http://youtu.be/YrYEimk3R5I

Nice new adventures for you! My guess as to the "mystery" bird, due to its characteristic breast spot, is that it's a Song Sparrow. The other possibility I think might be Savannah Sparrow. But your bird didn't appear to have a yellowish patch between eye and bill. Thanks for the birthday greetings. How was the French onion soup?

I thought some sort of sparrow-thanks for the confirmation Barb. The soup was great-my best yet, I think! And check the birthday thread,there's more greetings for you!! 

What's with the underground house?

Did you identify the unknown bird?


Nora in NW Florida

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Nora, I didn't ID the bird in my Shutterfly album, pictures #8 and 9-I'm hoping someone recognizes it and can tell us. As for the underground house-to each his own right!?   

   Day 21 in Paradise was sunny and warmer with a temperature of 48 (F) with very little ice left on the dirt roads and quite muddy in spots. The cows were enjoying the sunshine that has eluded us for a few days being invaded by Brown-headed Cowbirds and the African Geese were happy to have a small patch of their pond thawed out. Angel (Bertha) was too busy eating hay to come see me at the fence but she did have a look over her shoulder! I saw many Red-tail Hawks out soaring and hunting with one glance of Blackie as he took off from a tree. I took a couple new dirt roads and found dogs,cats,a sheep farm and a cute little calf that was rolling around on the grass. I saw old trucks,an underground house,a mystery bird and a Flamingo farm for Janet. As I returned home, Ginger and Savannah came over to greet me and as I approached the house I spotted a Bluebird on the fence by the holler!

Click on the link below to view todays album and there's 2 videos as well

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 http://youtu.be/5lTPKeFRJjU
 http://youtu.be/jjQp_gSqKHo

I just found out it was Barb from LAs' birthday on Friday. It's still Friday there so ...


           

                          Happy Birthday Barb! 

                                                         

MAK, you had a productive day, nonetheless, taking care of tedious computer work. Gee...Even the squirrels are more colorful in Arkansas!

They are Barb! I think a red and gray squirrel must have gotten together to produce this beauty. Red squirrels are much smaller than the grays and this one was the size of a gray. Not too tedious when you have 3 dogs  to keep ya company! 

 

Sorry you couldn't get out today but the photos of the two-color squirrel almost makes up for it.

Dot in PA

Yes Dot, he was very unique!

   Day 20 in Paradise found me housebound due to heavy rain which caused flooding and melted packed snow on dirt roads exposing the ice below and making for slippery driving conditions. Mike recommended not venturing out so I spent the better part of the day transferring  files to CDs in order to free up space on my hard drive and hanging out with the dogs. I did take a few pics of a half red,half gray squirrel in the back yard, a female Cardinal and 2 Chickadees. The next few days the weather is supposed to be sunny with temperatures in the 50's and 60's.

Click on the link below for a very small album-tomorrow will be better

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[Saw falcon over river yesterday...one of our guys saw 3 falcons over river...1 grabbed a pigeon...]

Barb from LA has a brother Rich that works at the Federal Building and occasionally he sees our falcons by the river. He reported the following to Barb: Saw falcon over river yesterday...one of our guys saw 3 falcons over river...1
grabbed a pigeon...    


I'm hoping it was a second pigeon instead of a third falcon!!  

Wow, you had a bonanza day!  Love little Ebony. 

She is a little cutie Nora and thanks for the great name choice! 

I can't watch the video but I feel bad about Phoebe.