https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/ Common Nature - Dreamwidth Studios Thu, 19 Feb 2026 01:58:20 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios common_nature community https://v2.dreamwidth.org/436766/486052 https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/ 100 100 https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/315581.html Thu, 19 Feb 2026 01:58:20 GMT https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/315581.html Posted by: <span lj:user='ysabetwordsmith' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/'><b>ysabetwordsmith</b></a></span><br /><br />The first crocuses are blooming! I just had to take pictures when I spotted them this morning. <a href="https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/15355743.html">Yesterday they were just buds</a>.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/315581.html#cutid1">Walk with me ...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=common_nature&ditemid=315581" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/315581.html nature bird: mourning dove plants: trees trees flowers: crocus places: us: illinois season: winter garden photography nests photos winter accomplished public ysabetwordsmith 26 https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/314779.html Tue, 17 Feb 2026 23:02:48 GMT https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/314779.html Posted by: <span lj:user='ysabetwordsmith' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/'><b>ysabetwordsmith</b></a></span><br /><br />Yesterday I shared photos from the <a href="https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/15354419.html">House Yard and South Lot</a> plus <a href="https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/15354845.html">Savanna and Prairie Garden</a>. Today I did a bit of yardwork that revealed fun new things. :D<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/314779.html#cutid1">Walk with me ...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=common_nature&ditemid=314779" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/314779.html season: winter garden photography photos winter nature flowers: crocus places: us: illinois accomplished public ysabetwordsmith 1 https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/314462.html Tue, 17 Feb 2026 05:36:39 GMT https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/314462.html Posted by: <span lj:user='ysabetwordsmith' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/'><b>ysabetwordsmith</b></a></span><br /><br />These are the rest of the pictures I took today, from the savanna and prairie garden. (See the <a href="https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/15354419.html">House Yard and South Lot</a>.)<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/314462.html#cutid1">Walk with me ...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=common_nature&ditemid=314462" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/314462.html season: winter photography landscape moss prairie snow plants: trees bees plants: grass insect: bee plants: shrubs garden plants: moss winter photos nature shrubs trees places: us: illinois wildlife accomplished public ysabetwordsmith 6 https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/312064.html Fri, 30 Jan 2026 21:30:42 GMT https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/312064.html Posted by: <span lj:user='yourlibrarian' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://yourlibrarian.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://yourlibrarian.dreamwidth.org/'><b>yourlibrarian</b></a></span><br /><br /><img src="https://img3.pillowfort.social/posts/6fbf32dd63debf47fcb3_small.jpeg"> <br /><br />This photo wasn't the year's first sunset but rather the first one that was really a "wow". Loved the colors.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/312064.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=common_nature&ditemid=312064" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/312064.html bird: woodpecker sky winter color sunset season: winter public yourlibrarian 28 https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/311699.html Mon, 19 Jan 2026 04:56:51 GMT https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/311699.html Posted by: <span lj:user='tally' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://tally.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://tally.dreamwidth.org/'><b>tally</b></a></span><br /><br />My favorite photo from my trip home during the holidays.<br /><br /><img src="https://i.imgur.com/J8Sp3I7.jpeg" width="500" height="375" alt="" /><br /><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=common_nature&ditemid=311699" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/311699.html season: winter sunset trees sky color winter moody public tally 15 https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/310652.html Sat, 10 Jan 2026 23:15:41 GMT https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/310652.html Posted by: <span lj:user='ysabetwordsmith' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/'><b>ysabetwordsmith</b></a></span><br /><br />I took some pictures yesterday but didn't have time to upload and post them until today. The night before, a windstorm blew down the contorta willow sapling that used to stand between the house yard and the south lot, near the big maple tree.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/310652.html#cutid1">Walk with me ...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=common_nature&ditemid=310652" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/310652.html leaves places: us: illinois nature trees death as part of nature plants: trees photos landscape winter season: winter garden accomplished public ysabetwordsmith 9 https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/309933.html Mon, 05 Jan 2026 03:10:22 GMT https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/309933.html Posted by: <span lj:user='ysabetwordsmith' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/'><b>ysabetwordsmith</b></a></span><br /><br />Tonight I happened to glance out the window and spotted a colorful sunset. So I grabbed my camera and ran outside to take pictures. This gets me started on <a href="https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/15268124.html">my goal</a> of taking and posting photos at least once per season. \o/<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/309933.html#cutid1">Walk with me ...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=common_nature&ditemid=309933" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/309933.html nature trees plants: trees clouds places: us: illinois sunset season: winter photos color landscape winter accomplished public ysabetwordsmith 21 https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/279779.html Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:41:23 GMT https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/279779.html Posted by: <span lj:user='turlough' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://turlough.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://turlough.dreamwidth.org/'><b>turlough</b></a></span><br /><br />It's been a long time since I've had Long-Tailed Tits (Aegithalos caudatus caudatus) visiting my feeders in winter but now they're suddenly here every day. It started Saturday with only two of them:<br /><br /><small>Click to enlarge:</small><br /><a href="https://turlough.dreamwidth.org/file/74078.jpg"><img src="https://turlough.dreamwidth.org/file/640x640/74078.jpg" alt="two small white and black birds with long tail feathers feeding on fatballs" title="Long-Tailed Tits (Aegithalos caudatus caudatus)" /></a><br /><br />Every day they brought more and more friends and this morning there were <span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/279779.html#cutid1">five of them...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=common_nature&ditemid=279779" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/279779.html places: sweden season: winter sweden birds: longtailed tits bird: longtailed tit winter happy public turlough 45 https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/279485.html Wed, 19 Feb 2025 16:49:49 GMT https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/279485.html Posted by: <span lj:user='calzephyr' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://calzephyr.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://calzephyr.dreamwidth.org/'><b>calzephyr</b></a></span><br /><br />The bird feeder had a visit from grey partridges the other day. I've accidentally startled them before--the sparrows toss seed down from the bird feeder and they don't care for corn--but it was so polite of them to use the sidewalk :-D<br /><br />EDIT: Alt link in case Instagram isn't working: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/purpleponyart.bsky.social/post/3lii5kvgets2f">https://bsky.app/profile/purpleponyart.bsky.social/post/3lii5kvgets2f</a><br /><br /><center><br /><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/DGOm5oFzKHJ/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14" style=" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);"><div style="padding:16px;"> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DGOm5oFzKHJ/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style=" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; 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overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DGOm5oFzKHJ/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;" target="_blank">A post shared by Christine 🦄 🐦🌈🍁 (<span style='white-space: nowrap;'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /><b>calzephyr77</b></span>)</a></p></div></blockquote><br /><br /></center><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=common_nature&ditemid=279485" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/279485.html places: canada birds winter bird public calzephyr 16 https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/278442.html Thu, 23 Jan 2025 17:36:48 GMT https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/278442.html Posted by: <span lj:user='turlough' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://turlough.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://turlough.dreamwidth.org/'><b>turlough</b></a></span><br /><br />Was suprised to see the first Snowdrops (Galanthus nivalis) by a house wall this morning. While it hasn't been really cold, it hasn't been particularly warm either, and I haven't seen any anywhere else. This is a rather sheltered, southward facing spot though and I suspect the house (it's quite old) isn't very well insulated.<br /><br /><small>Click to enlarge:</small><br /><a href="https://turlough.dreamwidth.org/file/73329.jpg"><img src="https://turlough.dreamwidth.org/file/640x640/73329.jpg" alt="tiny white drop-shaped flowers against a grey wall" title="Snowdrops (Galanthus nivalis cultivar)" /></a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=common_nature&ditemid=278442" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/278442.html flowers: snowdrops winter season: spring season: winter places: sweden spring surprised public turlough 16 https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/274884.html Fri, 13 Dec 2024 19:57:03 GMT https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/274884.html Posted by: <span lj:user='turlough' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://turlough.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://turlough.dreamwidth.org/'><b>turlough</b></a></span><br /><br />We have no snow here in southeastern Sweden, but after a couple of clear and cold nights (with overcast days, alas) the heavy frost covering everything looks very pretty.<br /><br /><small>Click to enlarge:</small><br /><a href="https://turlough.dreamwidth.org/file/71017.jpg"><img src="https://turlough.dreamwidth.org/file/640x640/71017.jpg" alt="frost-covered dry seedheads" title="Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare)" /></a><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/274884.html#cutid1">More pics...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=common_nature&ditemid=274884" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/274884.html winter places: sweden flowers: tansy flowers: mugwort frost cold public turlough 30 https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/250599.html Sat, 24 Feb 2024 05:02:39 GMT https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/250599.html Posted by: <span lj:user='ysabetwordsmith' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/'><b>ysabetwordsmith</b></a></span><br /><br />I took some pictures of the wildflower garden today after I finished cleaning it up. I leave things through the winter because some of the plants, like the northern sea oats and echinacea, have seeds for wildlife. I pick off and plant a lot of the seeds but never get around to all of them. Goldfinches especially like to cling to the seedheads and peck out the seeds.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/250599.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=common_nature&ditemid=250599" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/250599.html season: winter garden us sunset landscape usa winter photos moon trees plants: trees clouds accomplished public ysabetwordsmith 8 https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/250021.html Tue, 20 Feb 2024 03:22:01 GMT https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/250021.html Posted by: <span lj:user='ysabetwordsmith' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/'><b>ysabetwordsmith</b></a></span><br /><br />Today I took some pictures of the sprouting flowers in my yard.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/250021.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=common_nature&ditemid=250021" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/250021.html water flowers plants: shrubs season: winter photography hens & chicks garden flowers: daffodil winter flowers: crocus places: us photo leaves places: usa accomplished public ysabetwordsmith 7 https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/245223.html Mon, 27 Nov 2023 19:41:44 GMT https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/245223.html Posted by: <span lj:user='turlough' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://turlough.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://turlough.dreamwidth.org/'><b>turlough</b></a></span><br /><br />In England the Robin might be the Christmas bird par excellence, but here in Sweden it's the Bullfinch so even though it's a week until Advent I still thought it very apt that the first birds I saw on my feeder this wintry morning were two male Bullfinches (Pyrrhula pyrrhula).<br /><br /><a href="https://turlough.dreamwidth.org/file/57499.jpg"><img src="https://turlough.dreamwidth.org/file/640x640/57499.jpg" alt="two red, black, and grey birds on feeder" title="Bullfinches (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)" /></a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=common_nature&ditemid=245223" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/245223.html places: sweden sweden season: winter birds: bullfinch winter cold public turlough 24 https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/230153.html Sat, 11 Mar 2023 18:09:24 GMT https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/230153.html Posted by: <span lj:user='turlough' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://turlough.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://turlough.dreamwidth.org/'><b>turlough</b></a></span><br /><br />This morning a Jay (Garrulus glandarius) showed up at my bird feeders for the first time ever.<br /><br /><small>Click to enlarge:</small><br /><a href="https://turlough.dreamwidth.org/file/52807.jpg"><img src="https://turlough.dreamwidth.org/file/640x640/52807.jpg" alt="beige-pink, blue, and black &amp; white bird on the ground" title="Jay (Garrulus glandarius)" /></a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=common_nature&ditemid=230153" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/230153.html places: sweden season: winter sweden bird: eurasian jay bird birds winter impressed public turlough 30 https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/228178.html Tue, 31 Jan 2023 18:33:04 GMT https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/228178.html Posted by: <span lj:user='turlough' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://turlough.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://turlough.dreamwidth.org/'><b>turlough</b></a></span><br /><br />A small flock of Goldfinches (Carduelis carduelis) visiting my feeders today and managed to get a pretty good photo of one of them. They're such beautiful birds but I'm grateful they don't visit very often - the rate they consume hemp seeds would soon ruin my finances :-)<br /><br /><small>Click to enlarge:</small><br /><a href="https://turlough.dreamwidth.org/file/52146.jpg"><img src="https://turlough.dreamwidth.org/file/640x640/52146.jpg" alt="brown and black bird with red, white, and yellow markings on bird feeder" title="Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)" /></a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=common_nature&ditemid=228178" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/228178.html bird: goldfinch bird birds winter places: sweden season: winter sweden birds: goldfinch relieved public turlough 28 https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/227251.html Wed, 25 Jan 2023 17:14:20 GMT https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/227251.html Posted by: <span lj:user='turlough' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://turlough.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://turlough.dreamwidth.org/'><b>turlough</b></a></span><br /><br />I had a new visitor at my feeders today, a Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes). I haven't seen one of those in at least fifteen years!<br /><br /><small>Click to enlarge:</small><br /><a href="https://turlough.dreamwidth.org/file/51454.jpg"><img src="https://turlough.dreamwidth.org/file/640x640/51454.jpg" alt="black and pale orange bird perched on feeder" title="Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)" /></a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=common_nature&ditemid=227251" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/227251.html sweden bird: hawfinch season: winter places: sweden winter birds bird surprised public turlough 32 https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/226742.html Sun, 22 Jan 2023 16:25:20 GMT https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/226742.html Posted by: <span lj:user='nanila' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://nanila.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://nanila.dreamwidth.org/'><b>nanila</b></a></span><br /><br /><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/nanila/52642539938/in/dateposted-ff/" title="Redwing and ivy berries"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52642539938_74d8c91d06_c.jpg" width="800" height="533" alt="Redwing and ivy berries"></a><br> The reward for going on a long walk on this icy morning was a close encounter with a flock of redwings feasting on ivy in the hedgerows.<br><br> <span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/226742.html#cutid1">+2</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=common_nature&ditemid=226742" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/226742.html winter photo bird bird: redwing season: winter places: uk public nanila 28 https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/225521.html Sun, 15 Jan 2023 16:13:33 GMT https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/225521.html Posted by: <span lj:user='turlough' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://turlough.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://turlough.dreamwidth.org/'><b>turlough</b></a></span><br /><br />This afternoon a small flock of Bullfinches (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) visited the maple outside my window and I managed to take this photo sequence of one of the females.<br /><br />First she was crunching a seed<br /><small>Click to enlarge:</small><br /><a href="https://turlough.dreamwidth.org/file/49107.jpg"><img src="https://turlough.dreamwidth.org/file/640x640/49107.jpg" alt="beige and black bird in a naked tree" title="Female Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)" /></a><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/225521.html#cutid1">then she digested it...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=common_nature&ditemid=225521" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/225521.html bird winter birds places: sweden sweden season: winter bird: bullfinch birds: bullfinch pleased public turlough 19 https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/219709.html Mon, 12 Dec 2022 06:36:42 GMT https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/219709.html Posted by: <span lj:user='nanila' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://nanila.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://nanila.dreamwidth.org/'><b>nanila</b></a></span><br /><br /><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/gp/nanila/169KH651qm" title="Peanut success"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52558410169_e40d4dea4e_c.jpg" width="800" height="524" alt="Peanut success"></a><br><br> It was snowing all yesterday in rural Worcestershire, UK, so the peanut feeder was especially busy. This industrious blue tit was very pleased with its success.<br><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=common_nature&ditemid=219709" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/219709.html winter photo bird season: winter places: uk bird: blue tit public nanila 32 https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/179912.html Sun, 14 Feb 2021 18:49:36 GMT https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/179912.html Posted by: <span lj:user='turlough' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://turlough.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://turlough.dreamwidth.org/'><b>turlough</b></a></span><br /><br />Saw a small flock of Waxwings (Bombycilla garrulu) today and managed to take a couple of rather nice photos:<br /><br /><small>Click to enlarge:</small><br /><a href="https://turlough.dreamwidth.org/file/27362.jpg"><img src="https://turlough.dreamwidth.org/file/720x720/27362.jpg" alt="two cream-coloured birds with markings in black, yellow, red" title="Waxwings (Bombycilla garrulu)" /></a><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/179912.html#cutid1">One more...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=common_nature&ditemid=179912" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/179912.html places: sweden birds: waxwing season: winter bird birds winter pleased public turlough 12 https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/176409.html Sat, 16 Jan 2021 16:54:45 GMT https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/176409.html Posted by: <span lj:user='nanila' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://nanila.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://nanila.dreamwidth.org/'><b>nanila</b></a></span><br /><br /><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/gp/nanila/287zXQ" title="Buzzard sits"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50840974528_2cd3f77b83_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="Buzzard sits"></a><br><br> This noble raptor has taken to sitting on a fence post opposite my office window, and giving me side-eye.<br><br> <span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/176409.html#cutid1">+1</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=common_nature&ditemid=176409" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/176409.html uk buzzard places: uk season: winter bird winter bird: buzzard public nanila 25 https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/176382.html Tue, 12 Jan 2021 20:12:22 GMT https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/176382.html Posted by: <span lj:user='turlough' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://turlough.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://turlough.dreamwidth.org/'><b>turlough</b></a></span><br /><br />Managed to take quite a nice photo of a Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus) this morning.<br /><br /><small>Click to enlarge:</small><br /><a href="https://turlough.dreamwidth.org/file/25893.jpg"><img src="https://turlough.dreamwidth.org/file/600x600/25893.jpg" alt="small white &amp; black &amp; cream bird with long tail" title="Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)" /></a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=common_nature&ditemid=176382" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/176382.html sweden places: sweden winter birds bird birds: longtailed tits relaxed public turlough 20 https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/137539.html Sun, 09 Feb 2020 19:05:19 GMT https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/137539.html Posted by: <span lj:user='nanila' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://nanila.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://nanila.dreamwidth.org/'><b>nanila</b></a></span><br /><br /><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/gp/nanila/5C6zL3" title="IMG_9581"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49509551836_a36f24fe26_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="IMG_9581"></a><br /><br />Youngest and I spent some time together quietly bird-watching after we filled up the peanut feeder on Saturday, and were rewarded with some very close-up views of a bright-eyed blue tit.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=common_nature&ditemid=137539" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/137539.html bird photo winter uk bird: blue tit places: uk season: winter public nanila 18 https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/119146.html Sat, 23 Mar 2019 08:18:52 GMT https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/119146.html Posted by: <span lj:user='seasonoftowers' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://seasonoftowers.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://seasonoftowers.dreamwidth.org/'><b>seasonoftowers</b></a></span><br /><br />Went hiking last weekend, and what was boring rain in the valley and frozen rain on the slope turned into extremely dramatic clouds + 80km/h wind once we hit the ridge. I've posted a couple of photos <a href="https://seasonoftowers.dreamwidth.org/18247.html">on my blog</a>.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=common_nature&ditemid=119146" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/119146.html winter mountains snow public seasonoftowers 4