Jaci Dawn

I didn’t think this weekend was going to amount to much but sometime this afternoon everything broke loose: animals started visiting the bird feeder and I made some real progress artistically. Now it is nearly nine o’clock in the evening (PDT) and I am feeling like I actually accomplished something this weekend!

I blogged about the artistic developments on my other blog: here, here & here.

The animals get to be featured here.

First, there was the usual squirrelly business going on. I glanced out and saw the native Douglas squirrel was feeding. But, wait…

but wait… There’s something odd about that tail! There’s another squirrel in there and it isn’t the same species as the first!

I decided to try to sneak outside to see if I could get a better photo of the non-native Eastern Fox Squirrel sharing with the Douglas Squirrel.

They both tensed up.

Douglas Squirrel decides he is going to be out of there if I come any closer. The Fox Squirrel has taken notice of me through the glass.

Whoa! Hang on there, Douglas! Fox Squirrel made the first move and flew off of the feeder. He moved so fast the camera couldn’t catch him.

A little spooky at how fast Douglas recovered and made it up into the tree!

All calm now, just waiting for that pesky human to leave me be!

But the drama wasn’t over. After the squirrels left, I finally got some bird visitors.

What was a dry birdwatching weekend was ending with several bird sightings. I stood in the kitchen window and tried to capture as many images as I could with my little lens.

Black-capped Chickadee. We also get the Chestnut-backed Chickadee which is much smaller.

And the red-breasted Nuthatch. I love these birds. Nyet-nyet-nyet! they have the most annoying little bird call but when you hear it in the woods, you know all is well.

And all is well as my day ends well.