Spruce Ornament

Ohhhhhhhh Renee!! Coming from you, the Queen of Chickadees, that means a lot to me! I know it’s not a Chickadee… but it’s nearly the same… Thank you, sweetie! Just took this one a few hours ago… took FOREVER to fix this little bit of fuzz that was in the spruce needles… and then I noticed some were missingon another branch… that was easy to fix compared to the fuzz! Been running outside between snow squalls too… Boy… are these little buggers ever hard to catch… coarse it doesn’t help that the snow is melting, so while I’m standing there, suddenly my feet fall thru several feet of snow… or my tripod does… WHEW!! But… I am having soooo much fun!! :))))))

Thank you so much, Lynda!!

Thank you very much, Lori!!

Thank you for that lovely comment, Angi! :)))

Thank you so much, Jan!! What a mighty fine comment coming from you!! I’m all puffed up now!!
I guess I should say it’s a male… I’d never even seen or heard of them of before I saw yours… and I was pouting because I thought we didn’t get such gorgeous little birds here! I did some reading and found out that the altho the females DO have the red on their heads, they don’t have it on their chests, so I did find out the difference. I didn’t think the female’s had any red so I couldn’t understand why all males flew in! Thank goodness for instant info… otherwise I’d have to go dig up my long lost bird book!
As for the melting snow… it’s soooo causing shooting trouble! I’ve been standing beside our lawn table.. which is completely covered in snow… except for one corner… you can see several feet down to the ground right there and I keep thinking one these times I’m gonna go all the way down! Thank goodness I haven’t! I’ve been filling in the holes after I fall thru… it is helping!! Spent quite a bit of time tamping the snow down in my shooting spot today. :)))))

Thank you very much, Scott!

Thank you gf!! Thanks for the info too… I’m gonna check with our local bird guy too… just been tooo dang busy! I DO hope I get to see them EVERY YEAR!! Maybe they’ll remember me cause they seem to be very comfortable around me… ‘cept when the neighborhood big dogs, who also love me, come around to play! ;) had to take a time out for awhile today and toss a stick around the beach to keep them happy… and side-tracked! ;)

thank you, Paul!

thank you very much, Barbara!!

thank you so much for the kind comment, Bela!! :))

thank you very much, Denise!

thank you kind Sir Richard!!

Oh Lynnie! I finally made ya collapse in a heap! Made my Day!! Thanks so much, hon! :))))))))

thank you, khadhy!! :)

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! WooooooHooooooo! thank you very much, sweet hostess!! :))))))))))

Thank you very much, Munggo!!

thank you very much, Antanas!! :)))))

thank you, Sandra! :))

gosh I think about 30 or so of them flew in on the last gales! You shoulda seen them all crammed into the feeder on the day they got here… there were seeds flyin everywhere! And it was blowing snow sideways! LOL! they musta been starving! I’ve fattened them up quite good now… taking good care of my beautiful little models! :) thank you very much, David!

thank you very much, BigD!

thank you, Joni! :)))

thank you very much for that awesome comment, Carlos! You’re very kind! :)))

thanks so much, Lois! xox

Oh yes… will be dancin with the wind in the snow tonight!! Whirlin ‘n whirlin!! Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! :)))))

thank you very much, Luda!

I’ve just gotta find some Christmas ornaments modeled after these gorgeous little beauties!! won’t THAT be pretty?! :))) Appreciate your comment very much, Maggie! thank you! :))))))

thank you very much, Franklin! I’d never seen one before they blew in here six days ago, either!! they look like very special sparrows!! I loved the way their little feet just wrapped around the spruce needles, not the branch… lit-tle ti-ny feet hangin on to those lit-tle ti-ny needles, lol….sooooooooo precious! So adorable! :))))))

Not better than yours… we have different styles… and certainly not better than your gorgeous female!! drab!! She doesn’t have a drab fluffy feather on her!! ;) You rock too, Jan!!

And… I forgot to do it yesterday… but I was going to add a link here to your fine female!
Pondering female drabness in Alaska

Thank you very much, Karen!! :))

I’m sure tryin Lois… fillin that feeder THREE times a day!! I’ve tried to count them all… it’s impossible!! But I estimate there to be at least 30 and possibly up to 50 of them!! WOW!! Yes! Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!

It certainly does, Renee!! Certainly DOES!! It’s just one of the coolest things ever!! Jan Timmons and I think that perhaps they flew outta the area up north because of the volcano eruption… don’t think they meant to come here but probably got caught in the storm force winds! Toooo coool!!!! :)

thanks so much, Eivor!! I’ve fallen in love with these little rare visitors! (rare here anyway!)

thank you so much for that wonderful comment, Jan!

thank you very much for the kind comment, Ann! Such a pleasure to see your lovely images here on RB, too! -DJ (SeawitchinAK on WS – taken my images off of there, tho)

Oh yes… you shoulda seen me rolling around in the snow the other day… one foot went thru… up to my waist!!... and I couldn’t get out! I had to lie down in the wet snow and roll around till I could pull it out! Of course… it started snowing during this fun activity! WHAT FUN!!
Thank very much for your lovely comment, Ginger! :))))

thank you for such a lovely comment, Gene!! These little guy’s are STILL here… Man! Do they ever have an appetite!! Our groceries only come once a week on the mailboat and I’m starting to think that two bags of seeds may not get me thru the week! I may have to start hiking around and gathering seeds off of the alder trees! Gathering seeds for birds… while it’s snowing… it just sounds like toooo much fun, eh?!! lol

thank you very much for that wonderful comment, Adam!

thank you very much the visit and comment, Heloisa!!

Oh Rachel, that’s just a marvelous comment!! Thank you very much, dear!! You’ve made my day!! :)))))

I must have FINALLY turned off the ‘puter and caught some zzzzzz’s last night before I saw this!! Sooooooo very sweet of you to have come back to give me those wonderful congrats! You’re the best, Rachel! Thank you so much!

thank you, ilpo!!

Ahhhhh… what a WONDERFUL comment, John!! Thank you very much!

Thank you so much for that lovely comment, Bevan!! He certainly does display an air of “aint-I-SOMETHIN!!”, doesn’t he?!! LOL!! He thinks he’s as special as I thought HE WAS!!! :)))))

Thank you very much, Graham!! I sure appreciate your comments!! :)))

Thank you, Louise!! :))

thanks very much, Luda!!

thank you, Rocky!!

thank you, Zachary!!

I’m pleased that you like this one! Thank you very much, Francis!

thanks so much for that wonderful comment, Deb! :~)

thank you! I appreciate your visit and comment very much, tim! :~)

Thanks so much for the visit and comments, Carol! Very appreciated! :~)

You nailed EXACTLY how I felt about this one! What a great compliment coming from an artist whose work I admire very much. Thank you!

Thank you, Shelly!

Playing catchup… Thanks so much for your continued support, Deb! Appreciate it!

Thank you, Carolyn!

Thank you, Shoaib!

Thank you, almeidacoval!

Thanks very much, OldBirch!

Thank you very much, Jeff! :)

It’s taken me nearly ALL DAY, with the problems I seem to be having on here lately, to get caught up. My comments and replies keep going to a “can’t load” screen. Frustrating! :)
Wanted you to know how much I appreciate your visit and comments, Rajdev! Thank you!

Thank you very much, Francis!

Thank you very much for the fave and the comment, micmac! :)

Thank you so much! You know.. I think being INVITED to submit an image to a group is just as honorable as a feature.

Appreciate your comment very much, John! Thank you!

Such a lovely comment, Carol! Appreciate it very much. Thank you!

Ahhhh… thank you seems quite inadequate for this wonderful comment, Larry! What a sweet welcome to this fine group!

Thanks a bunch for that wonderul comment, Kymie!

Thank you, Puffin! :)

Oh… that’s sooooo very nice, Veikko! Appreciate it very much. Thank you!

Wooooooooo Hooooooo! I am thrilled and quite honored to have this image chosen for a feature in this fine group! Thank you, Carol!

WOW! What an honor! Thank you for choosing this image for a feature in this beautiful group, Blair Wainman! :))))