Category: Birds

Sandhill Seaside Society~

On By cindy knokeIn Birds, Conservation, MY PHOTOGRAPHS, REVERIES, TRAVEL REVIEWS, Wild Life147 Comments

Why go it alone on a seaside holiday,

when vacations are more fun shared.

Sandhills eschew solitude,

preferring to gambol about in groups.

Cheers to you from the vacationing Sandhills at The Salton Sea~

Sandhills at The Salton Sea~

On By cindy knokeIn Birds, Conservation, HOLLER HAPPENINGS, MY PHOTOGRAPHS, REVERIES, Wild Life236 Comments

With all their birdie buddies!

The heavy rains have filled the seas making happy and healthy birdies (click to enlarge).

The Sandhill Cranes have flown here en masse,

to take advantage of the bounty.

This is the first time they have allowed me close enough to get decent photos.

Sandhills are big birdies,

standing up to 4 1/2′ tall when fully extended,

They winter in the Salton Sea,

and head north soon,

to breed.

I have seen them doing their mating dances,

in the far Arctic.

Sorry to be out of touch. We are traveling, and wifi is unreliable.

Cheers to you for the wintering Sandhill Cranes~

Pelis-can’t~

On By cindy knokeIn Birds, Conservation, MY PHOTOGRAPHS, REVERIES, Wild Life266 Comments

(click/tap twice if needed to enlarge)

Take a bad photo.

Every Peli day is portrait day,

even when they shy away.

Two Pelis,

are twice,

as much fun,

in the sun,

but five pelis, well they stun!

Cheers to you from The La Jolla pelis who can~

La Jolla Cove/Boomers Breaking~

On By cindy knokeIn Birds, MY PHOTOGRAPHS, REVERIES, Wild Life200 Comments

Click/Tap to enlarge. Casa Pool Life Guard Tower La Jolla California.

Big waves barreling,

onto Boomers Beach,

in La Jolla California,

during the current storm.

La Jolla Cove,

which rarely breaks,

was thundering with big waves.

And surfers.

It was quite The New Year’s,

show!

Although the pelicans were not very impressed and chose to snooze through all the drama.

Happy & Healthy New Years to You from Stormy La Jolla~

✴.·´¯·.·★ ꔠʌƿƿႸ Ꞑᶒພ 𐍅ᶒʌ໗ ★·.·¯´·.✴

Sovereigns of the Skies~

On By cindy knokeIn Birds, Conservation, HOLLER HAPPENINGS, MY PHOTOGRAPHS, REVERIES, Wild Life270 Comments

Holler Mockers (click/tap to enlarge)

are way too smart. They saved me from a rattlesnake when I was young.

Cardinals are luscious little beauties.

Lark Sparrow’s,

song makes your heart fly.

While Scrub Jay’s beauty,

is belied by their name.

Egyptian peli-cans,

are effortless comedians.

Cheers to you from your Holler feathered friends~

Baby Cardinals Rule~

On By cindy knokeIn Birds, Conservation, MY PHOTOGRAPHS, REVERIES, TRAVEL REVIEWS, Wild Life295 Comments

My heart. (click/tap to enlarge.

It is a cardinal rule,

that cardinals,

who I have only seen,

on four seperate occasions,

in my life,

make excellent friends.

They drop by unannounced,

and make your day.

Cheers to you,

from Maui’s non-native Red Crested Cardinals~

God is in the Details~

On By cindy knokeIn Birds, Conservation, GARDENING AT THE HOLLER, HOLLER HAPPENINGS, Psychological Self Care, REVERIES, Wild Life179 Comments

And everything (click/tap to enlarge),

is detail.

Cheers to you from The Holler gardens~

Centurial~

On By cindy knokeIn Birds, Conservation, Flowers, GARDENING AT THE HOLLER, HOLLER HAPPENINGS, MY PHOTOGRAPHS, REVERIES, Wild Life226 Comments

Century Plants look like giant asparagus and are members of the aspargus family.

Their name is derived because they are said to bloom,

once a century,

and then die.

We have at least a hundred or more at The Holler.

When they bloom,

the stalks are well over 20 feet tall.

They are magnets for pollinators,

especially bees and hummingbirds.

The hummingbirds fight relentlessly for control over the massive stalks.

Our century plants bloom about every ten years and reproduce prodigiously via underground root systems.

Cheers to you from The Holler Centurions~

Goldies~

On By cindy knokeIn Birds, Conservation, HOLLER HAPPENINGS, MY PHOTOGRAPHS, REVERIES, Wild Life214 Comments

Holler Lesser Goldfinch,

females,

posing up a storm!

Coiffed,

and ready for their close-ups,

Mr. DeMille.

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Mr. Goldfinch, refusing to be outdone, wants a portrait too.

Cheers to you from The Holler posers~

Baby Grosbeak~

On By cindy knokeIn Birds, Conservation, HOLLER HAPPENINGS, MY PHOTOGRAPHS, REVERIES214 Comments

Is learning to feed himself (click/tap to enlarge).

Although he’s not quite sure yet,

what to do with the seeds!

He’ll figure it out,

now that he is on his own,

learning,

by watching the grown ups.

Cheers to you from The Holler Black Headed Grosbeaks~