Posts Tagged "diane hale smith"

The Dishevelled Cardinal

Posted by on Oct 5, 2013 in birds, fall, photos, seeds, Unmowed Blog, wildlife, winter | 0 comments

The Dishevelled Cardinal

Thanks to Diane Hale Smith for this photo of a female cardinal having, as she put it, “a bad feather day.” Look at that beak–built like a nutcracker to crush the hard shells of sunflower seeds. Cardinals love feeders as much as we love watching them. Their bright red plumage seems made for inept birdwatchers like me who can never spot the little brown birds hiding high up in the branches. Cardinals don’t flee the snow and cold, they hang around all winter, brightening up the drabbest months. It’s hard to imagine this tiny morsel of a bird surviving subzero...

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Spring Moon

Posted by on Apr 25, 2013 in photos, spring, Unmowed Blog | 2 comments

Thanks to Diane Hale Smith for this beautiful moon collage. It was taken last month, when the moon and the clouds were playing hide and seek all night.

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Flocks: Guest Photographer Diane Hale Smith

Posted by on Apr 1, 2013 in adaptations, birds, photos, spring, Unmowed Blog, wildlife | 1 comment

Thanks to Diane Hale Smith for these beautiful photographs! It’s spring. Really it is, in spite of the weather. The birds know. They can tell because there’s more light in the world. The days are longer, the nights are shrinking, and they know it’s time to move. Huge groups of starlings, red-winged blackbirds, and grackles are swooping around, back from their winter spent in warmer climates. They’re complaining loudly about the frigid weather up here. They’re waiting impatiently, like the rest of us, for the weather to warm up. And my favorites, the crows, are still hanging out in their...

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