Happy 90th Ruthie!

Tough day at the office

This is my kind of squirrel.

"Deer in the Mist"

It was a foggy morning yesterday.  Almost didn't see these deer...

Top floor

This post has nothing to do with my neighborhood or wildlife but I thought worth sharing.

These pictures are from the Des Moines Embassy Club on the 34th floor of the Ruan Center.  We were there for a celebration of life for Cindy's friend of 54 years.  I didn't think I'd ever be up there again.

The view is impressive.  I first wanted to get a picture looking toward the Brown-Camp Lofts because I like to collect images of that building due to the connection to our family.  But we were there for awhile and I grabbed a few more looking other directions. 

Brown-Camp Lofts with the water tower

Nice view of the capitol building

Let the trail camera do the work

I came home at lunch the other day and it was sunny so I put the feeder and trail camera out.

Here's a sampling of what I got (no squirrels)...

White-breasted Nuthatch

 

 

Two Downy Woodpeckers

 

The next three show birds in flight...a male and female House Finch and a

Black-capped Chickadee

 

Red-bellied Woodpecker

In flight

Yes, another squirrel...

On our walk this morning...

"Hey, look at me...not the dog...look at me!"

Squirrel(s) Gone Wild!

These are from yesterday.  I saw a squirrel trying to approach the feeder over lunch and sure enough while I was gone it made it on there.  This is a squirrel-proof feeder which as you can see works...the cage shuts over the feeder openings.  I got 34 pictures from this attempt and tried to whittle that number down but I'm going to post them all to show you the effort involved.  I love the first two pictures and then the last one...you know its jumping or falling off.  Also neat to look at the feet and toes holding on for dear life.