Continuing my barns, blooms, and birds series . . .
I have another red quilt barn for you this week. These pictures were taken a few months back but I haven't had a chance to share them. There is a plus with this quilt barn, you get two barns for one.
You can see the quilt barn then a smaller barn standing in front.
Looking at the back of this barn with three sets of doors, it looks like it could hold a lot of tobacco.
Now on to . . .
I'm thinking the birds carried in the seeds or maybe the seeds were in my bird food. It is nice to see the yellow color with fall starting to surround us.
My grandsons are posing with this lone yellow sunflower growing at the edge of some of my elephant ears. We are getting ready to take a ride in our Ranger over to a nearby pond to see what birds or critters we can see today.
On the way over to the pond, we saw some white wildflowers in bloom. I didn't crop out the weeds, I wanted you to see they are growing in the wild.
We love to ride along the pond. Today we saw turtles.
My grandson said it looked like the turtle was riding on a hippo.
He was flying away from us then circled around and came back towards us.
He flew over to the spillway and landed.
Wow, we were excited about the Great Egret.
We have been watching another bird but have been unsure about the identification of it. I'll give you a dark pic of it so you get the idea of his shape. I took this pic in the early evening the day before.
We turned off the motor on the Ranger and sat and watched him a while. Soon he performed for us drying his wings. You can really see those webbed feet in these pics.
I've been researching and I am thinking this bird is a juvenile double-crested cormorant but I am not positive.
We recently saw a cormorant on the Cape Cod Canal in the state of Massachusetts. Here's a picture of the cormorant my husband took in Massachusetts.
In my Birds of Kentucky Field Guide, I saw there are Double-Crested Cormorants in Kentucky. I am hoping that someone can help me out here. Please share your thoughts.
Barns
I have another red quilt barn for you this week. These pictures were taken a few months back but I haven't had a chance to share them. There is a plus with this quilt barn, you get two barns for one.
You can see the quilt barn then a smaller barn standing in front.
Looking at the back of this barn with three sets of doors, it looks like it could hold a lot of tobacco.
Now on to . . .
Blooms
There are some yellow sunflowers blooming in our yard. I didn't plant them but they look so pretty.
My grandsons are posing with this lone yellow sunflower growing at the edge of some of my elephant ears. We are getting ready to take a ride in our Ranger over to a nearby pond to see what birds or critters we can see today.
On the way over to the pond, we saw some white wildflowers in bloom. I didn't crop out the weeds, I wanted you to see they are growing in the wild.
We love to ride along the pond. Today we saw turtles.
My grandson said it looked like the turtle was riding on a hippo.
Birds
We have been watching a pair of Great Egrets for several weeks on the pond. Usually they are just wading around the edge of the water looking for fish to eat. Today, only one of the egrets are there and we caught him in flight.
He was flying away from us then circled around and came back towards us.
He flew over to the spillway and landed.
We have been watching another bird but have been unsure about the identification of it. I'll give you a dark pic of it so you get the idea of his shape. I took this pic in the early evening the day before.
Check out his tail and yellowish bill.
Now take a look at his feet, they are webbed across all four toes.
We turned off the motor on the Ranger and sat and watched him a while. Soon he performed for us drying his wings. You can really see those webbed feet in these pics.
I've been researching and I am thinking this bird is a juvenile double-crested cormorant but I am not positive.
We recently saw a cormorant on the Cape Cod Canal in the state of Massachusetts. Here's a picture of the cormorant my husband took in Massachusetts.
In my Birds of Kentucky Field Guide, I saw there are Double-Crested Cormorants in Kentucky. I am hoping that someone can help me out here. Please share your thoughts.
Thanks for stopping by for another day of "Life in Kentucky" - Judy.
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Wednesday Around the World @ Photographing New Zealand
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Share Your Cup Thursday @ Have A Cup of Mrs. Olson on Wed. evenings
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Foodie Friday & Everything Else @ Rattlebridge Farm on Thursday evening
Photo Friday @ Pierced Wonderings
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