27 You Capture-Outside

Last week we had quite a few visitors, and thankfully most of them stayed on the outside of the house. (With the exception on that little mouse which hopefully has moved on to visit another house (or crawled away and died).

First we have Mr. Toad who I nearly picked up while weeding the flowerbeds around the patio out back.  I am still now sure how I used to pick up little tiny tree frogs when I was young.  Remind me...when exactly did I become such a wuss?

I never noticed the beautiful metallic ring around their eyes.Such a pretty bronze color. I never saw him blink, do they blink? I would think so.

And of course we have tons of birds around.  I normally fill the feeder up Friday afternoon and by Monday it is almost gone.  We have seen more cardinals this year then we ever have, which is wonderful because it's our State Bird. Some males and some females, both old and young. They really are a beautiful red.

Hello Mr. Cardinal....like that seed?  Our feeder has six posts and as soon as one took off another came to take it's place.  Sometimes they all were full and there were some standing up top waiting their turn.  We even had a pigeon or two eating the pieces that fell to the ground.

This is really the first good shot of yellow finches that I have got this year.  I love their bright color and they just make me feel like they are happy.  I mean who couldn't be happy being bright yellow!

I am happy that the sweltering days of summer are coming to an end, because its nice to be able to sit outside and not melt. As much as I like the city, I am glad to live on the outskirts and enjoy nature and all the wonderful wildlife that surrounds us.