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Red Bellied Woodpecker-Three Views
Red Bellied Woodpecker-View One
I spotted this Red Bellied Woodpecker in my dogwood tree this morning.
Red Bellied Woodpecker-View Two
I was lucky to have my camera in hand when it landed!
Red Bellied Woodpecker-View Three
The bird stayed long enough for me to capture his beauty in three different poses as he looked around, gracing me with a brief, but amazing, morning sighting! It was a nice way to start my day!
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Posted for the WordPress weekly photo challenge: Variations on a Theme
Cardinal Red (CYW-Red)
Cardinal Red
Red feathering immediately draws our attention to the cardinal. We can’t miss it. It is a stand-out bird. I have been wanting to capture a picture of a cardinal in my flowering dogwood tree. The Cardinal is the Virginia state bird and the dogwood is the state tree. Finally, I got my chance! Here is the photo, recently posted on my Instagram.
Representing Virginia
Here is one more photo of a cardinal perched on a pole above the bird feeder in my yard. He’s a beauty!
Pole Position
*posted for JNW’s Color Your World challenge:red
Dogwood (One Word Photo Challenge-Spring)
Spring Dogwood
You may have recently seen the autumn photos of a Cardinal in my dogwood tree. Here is a picture of the dogwood tree in its springtime glory. My goal is to catch a photo of a Cardinal surrounded by white blossoms next spring.
I was longing for spring weather this morning when I had to scrape ice from my car windshield. Brrr.
*posted for JNW’s One Word Photo Challenge-Spring
Autumn Cardinal
Autumn has arrived and the leaves of my dogwood tree are changing. I captured these photos of a beautiful cardinal enjoying a bounty of berries. The cardinal happens to be the state bird of Virginia and the dogwood is our state tree! His bright red feathers are eye-catching, even when surrounded by colorful fall leaves. I was enthralled by his majestic beauty.
*posted for JNW’s One Word Photo Challenge-Autumn
*also added to Lucile’s photo101rehab clinic
Mother Nature As Muse
Delicate Dogwood
I am amazed by nature. This spring, I took picture after picture of flowering trees. I have already posted photos of flowering plum trees and cherry blossom trees.
This dogwood tree is in my backyard and I was in awe of the dogwood blossoms that filled the tree branches. I was inspired to try to capture the delicate beauty of a single flower in a photograph. The petals are now long gone but the image remains.
*posted in response to the daily post weekly photo challenge:
Muse
I am also entering this photo, taken from a distance using the zoom lens of my Nikon CoolPix S9900 camera, into Lucile’s Photo Rehab Clinic.
the beespeak 