The Wood Duck. Introduction.

Many years ago I received a gift from my Mom and Dad. It was a pretty big box. When I opened it I found 7 books inside. The books were in the size of encyclopedias and had silver titles - " The life of animals". Each book was talking about different creatures: mammals, fishes... and of course one book was about birds! There I was introduced to the most spectacular duck for the very first time. I returned to the article and photo so many times!

I almost learned it by heart! But time has past. I grew up...medical school, army, work, immigration to Israel...The book was lost and I forgot about my favorite duck!

However, a few years back I found myself in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Here my passion to nature came back and when I read a birding guide I came across a photograph of THAT duck! Yes, it was a photograph of the spectacular WOOD DUCK!

The Wood Duck and the Mandarin: The Northern Wood Ducks



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Weekend's backyard photgraphs.

...Last weekend...It were couple of suny days, so I spend some time in my backyard. You now, cuting a grass, planting a seeds and another staf like that. By the way I hold my camera with me and there what I got!
                                                                My welcome guest
It is just one of them. A few years ago, when I put first feeder, hardly one humming was coming weekly. Today I can say they are my PERMANENT VISITORS. More then 13-18 appreciate my hospitality daily!

Ruffous Humminbird
Humminbird 407970-1 798ci HD SI Combo Fishfinder and GPS
Humminbird 408100-1 Fishfinder 570 DI
Humminbird 408130-1 788ci HD DI Combo Fishfinder/GPS
Humminbird Fishfinder 560



Humminbird 408100-1 Fishfinder 570 DI

                                                                                My growing.

Well, there is nothing to say. They  are beautiful !



Sacura (cherry)Trees of Japan: Cherry Blossom, Acer Palmatum, Japanese Persimmon, Trema Orientalis, Avicennia Marina, Cryptomeria, Acer Shirasawanum





Cherry blossom



                                                                              My tenant.
That guy living in birdhouse I built for...Red-breasted Nuthatch.Some thing wrong here! May be I made a mistake? I am not frendly whith inches. Or that doesn't care about?  Any way, usualy they are very jumpy, but that time the guy was surprised  by empty feeder, which one I clined up a few minet before, and also was screaming at me!

  Black-caped chickadee

 





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Flowers.

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Rhododendron

 

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American Red Squirrel

Red squirrels can be easily identified from other North American tree squirrels by their smaller size, territorial behavior and reddish fur with a white venter (under-belly). Red squirrels are also larger than chipmunks.


SQUIRREL Red AMERICAN sits up Figurine MINIATURE New Porcelain NORTHERN ROSE R051

 The Douglas Squirrel is similar to the American Red Squirrels but has a rust venter and is restricted to the south-western coast of British Columbia and in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. These two species do not co-occur.



An American Red Squirrel Leaps from a Lodgepole Pine Photographic Poster Print by Michael S. Quinton, 36x48

The American Red Squirrel has been found in Alaska.
American Red Squirrels are widely distributed across North America. Their range includes most of Canada, and extends into the United States in the Rocky Mountains, the North Central and North East. There are 25 recognized sub-species of red squirrels. 

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The Spotted Towhee.

SPOTTED TOWHEE
The Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) is a large, striking New World sparrow. This bird and the Eastern Towhee were considered a single species, the Rufous-sided Towhee.



When you catch sight of one, they’re gleaming black above (females are grayish), spotted and striped with brilliant white, The eyes are red. They have a round, chunky body, fan shaped tail, short, thick beak, and dull pink legs.




Their warm rufous flanks match the dry leaves they spend their time hopping around in. The birds can be hard to see in the leafs, so your best chance for an unobstructed look at this handsome bird may be in the spring, when males climb into the shrub tops to sing their buzzy trills or in the winter when they looking for food on a bottom of shrubs.



Also you can find Spotted Towhee by walking along the edges of any overgrown fields.
Song very simple and unforgettable you can hear here ... or here... ( It's a best I was able to find on YouTube )


 

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The national flower of Russia.

Chamomile

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Rabbit.

Rabbits they are charming ! Where is to find? In Richmond - EVERYWERE! A park, a school, a farm...Everewher you can find grass and shrubs!

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