Nature

Hello Everyone,

Yesterday, I was so excited when my cats saw this..

...an absolutely beautiful Pileated Woodpecker.  This is only the second time I have ever seen one so close and in our yard.  The first time, was about 14 years ago.  

If you have never seen one of these beautiful birds they are large and noisy!  Noisy when they are pecking your tree. 

I took a bunch of photos, but these are really the best out of them.  His head truly is a bright red and he has those gorgeous stripes down his neck.  A true sight to behold.  I say "he" because this was a male.  I provided a link below where you can read more about this bird.

Because he was moving his head so quickly, I had the camera on sport mode and just kept snapping.  You can click on the photos to enlarge for more detail.

He then flew over to one of our pine trees and was pecking under there for a little bit.  I swear I could have watched him all day. 

You can click here for more information on the Pileated Woodpecker.

I hope you enjoyed this walk through nature interlude.

Don't forget to enter the giveaway going on here.

Until Next Time...

Nature

Beauty

Hello Everyone,

I hope you all had a spectacular weekend. I sure did!! Mother Nature really took care of us with lots of sun and spring warmth. So we took advantage of that and got out everyday to do something fun.

Yesterday we went down to the Connecticut shoreline to Rocky Neck State park where we walked along the beach and went for a hike in the woods. I wanted to share with you some of the beauty that I saw through my camera lens...

View of Long Island Sound.

Going through the tunnel to make our way to the trailhead.

A beautiful mossy log with some interesting fungus growing. Along the blue trail on our hike.

Looking ahead on the trail.

A burl. We saw several.

The beautiful saltwater marsh. Home to many different species of animals.

I hope you have enjoyed this beautiful hike with me. Don't forget to enter the giveaway, today is the last day! And a special thanks to all of you who took advantage of the National Quilting Day Sale in my shop!!

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Until Next Time...

Beauty