Kenosee Camp Birding

Went to pick up Terrys Niece from camp on the 19th.. Came across This... Purple Martin Houses!!

Of Course, I had to try to take pictures.. Didnt get as good of a shot as I was hoping, but did Manage a few..
Spotted this guy sitting there with a dragonfly in the beak..

Another one bringing a dragonfly home..

This guy has a SHELL!

Huge families of Canada Geese - All different ages of young

Met a fellow Sask Birder while looking at the Barn swallows.. Glad to have finally met Guy in person!

The parents were keeping a very watchful eye on us...

A Walk along the trees

One morning I went out for a nice walk along the trees..  Found some really pretty flowering trees

Some Poppies that used to be in the garden have spread...

and this Bugger who played hide and PEEP with me for about an hour.. It would hide in the trees (on the other side of the tree I was beside) and Peep at me... when I get closer, off it would fly... Managed these couple shots while looking through a spot about the size of a Toonie.. Lol

And then two Cedar waxwings flew overhead!

Made for a great start to the morning, thats for sure.

Cat Monday - Grass Edition

Lots and lots of kitties in the grass.. They eat it, they roll around in it.. and they hunt in it!
This kitty was trying to be all stalk-y but discovered a particularly yummy blade of grass!

Same with this one.. think we need to cut the grass!!

Out in the field, the kitties were having a hayday hiding in the tall grasses..

And this guy is mid leap chasing a little tiny butterfly!

Deck Birdies

There has been all kinds of fun stuff going on on the deck.. Goldfinches on the Hummingbird feeders, barn swallows dive bombing everything... and this guy (or rather a pair of these)... a Lovely Says Phoebe has been hunting around the deck (quite successful too).

The Hummingbirds are still around of course, but not quite as much as before..

Might have something to do with their adoring shadows...

Random Pictures of the Week

Out and about we tend to find lots of old vehicles.. This little thing I never see more then just the top half..

An old International that got left in the grass (and shot up)

Very disturbing to come across a skull in the grass..

Back at home we have a Witless waiting anxiously for golf balls!

Beauty in the Garden

Our Huge and beautiful Iris are awesome to look at, but I found even the petal beautiful on its own!

Lots and lots of dragonflies!

Some beautiful Jacobs Ladder

Gotta love nature!!!

One of the big lilies in the garden.. with a bee holding on for dear life!!

Wildflowers

Prairie Lilies don't last very long and there are not very many of them left! To Come across them is quite lucky!

Monarch butterfly on Alfalfa

Found this Columbine in an old abandoned yard..

July 13 Storm

On July 13 we had one heck of a storm come through! Hail, over 3 inches of rain.. It was so bad at one point that we all went and hid in the basement!!
We started out with this enormous and scary rolling cloud..

When it was all over, we had 4 buildings destroyed (a Garage which fell down onto Terrys car, the tractor garage, and 2 sheds)
Of Course, we went for a drive to see what other damage we could see.. Crops destroyed, grain bins everywhere..
These are pumpjacks.. Used for oil, they have a large cement base and have pipes into the ground. The wind knocked two of them over (and even cracked the cement of the middle one!!)

This line of bins starts off with a little damage and then once it hits the end has completely blown over the bins!!

Super Moon

The first night of the Super Moon, it was too cloudy to see anything. The next night turned out to be quite a bit better!

Kitty Monday!

A Pile of sleepy Kitties!! The big bugger in the middle came over and just laid down on top of the other two...

A Couple pix of a rocking and rolling Bella Kitty!

More Birds

Of Course I am still photographing the hummingbirds!! They are everywhere, and a couple bullies have emerged.. Still beautiful!!

Terry spotted this nest filled with Swallows..