Pamela Mitchell

Isn't that the truth. I just give up on Hairy and Downy woodpecker youths. It's so hard to figure out their beak length when they're young and I'm not taking a photo.

Thanks. I looked up a photo of a juvenile black-headed grosbeak and that's exactly what it looked like! I'm just North of Seattle.

I wondered that too. The white doesn't form a sideways V by the eye so I'm torn. I have a lot of varied thrushes in my garden, but I know that there are grosbeaks in my area even though I haven't seen any in years at my house.

A very wet young bird is perched on the rock edge of my back garden pond.

A young bird is holding on to a kiwi fruit vine that is dangling into the pond. It's managing to hold on and bathe at the same time.

Young bird totally drenched still holding on to the kiwi fruit vine as it moves up out of the pond after bathing.

This immature varied thrush (I think?) was doing a cirque de soliel act bathing in my backyard pond while hanging from a kiwi fruit vine. I love this time of year. There are so many different types of birds in the garden. #birds 🪶

A slightly out of focus bumblebee sitting in the middle of a bubble gum pink dahlia.

Ha ha, don't try to take photos after you've been to the ophthalmologist.
Anyway, here's a slightly out of focus Bombus vosnesenskii on a noid pink dahlia. #BloomScrolling
🌱🐝

He "never" throws things on the ground.😂

Toby a white with brown tabby spots Japanese bobtail cat is standing on top of a box with a squirrel painted on it. On the wall in back of him is a large shadow box with a wheat weaving.

Happy #InternationalCatDay from #TobyJapaneseBobtailOfBluesky #Cats

Oh gosh, I'm so sorry. It's so hard accepting a parents mortality. Luckily we had passports (I also have Real ID) so that made it easier. I hope your's comes soon.

Hanging in there. I was so happy to see the tortoise today. Sometimes I miss what people post and have to go looking for them.
Russ's dad's estate finally settled so we've got that off our shoulders. We had some great people helping us wade through everything.

I've been getting mine from Korea individually wrapped too. I'll have to scroll for color options. I like this style of mask because it fits comfortably on my face. They've kept me illness free for years now.

Where did you find those neat colors in that style?
I need to up my color game from just white.

They are such neat birds.

I was wondering if any were showing up this year.🐢❤️

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Dang that's a good knife too.
Maybe Canuck the crow from BC fame has a relative down here.🐦‍⬛🔪😄

Even though Bananas late to the party today the banana tax must be paid according to him.😂

The blessing and curse of having so many different ones in the PNW. 😄🐝💛🖤

Native banana slug moving along wet moss.

I never know what interesting things I might see when helping my son in his garden. Today it was a beautiful native banana slug. In the second photo you can see it's pneumostome (breathing hole).
Size 36 Dansko garden clog for size comparison. #slugs
#invertebrates

It might be Bombus fervidus?

A brightly colored bird with a vivid green and red beak, a yellow chest, and dark body feathers is perched among green leaves, looking directly at the camera. The background is blurred, emphasizing the bird’s striking features.

#ToucanoftheDay

Keel-billed Toucan at @casabentbill.bsky.social #CostaRica

#birds #nature

What a great angle! I love these birds.

Such bright summer colors.

Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit! Happy first day of August!🐇🐇🐇❤️

🌱🐝 Among the great joys of Summer are the myriad species of Halactid Bees - many have brilliant metallic green coloring.💚 Tiny & industrious, here visiting Campsis radicans 'Flava' (Yellow Trumpet Vine) - a nativar selection of the beloved Illinois native. Halactidae & Bignoniaceae

Great footage! I love these little shiny bees💚

Me too. The petals look like they've been painted with water colors.

How delicate and beautiful.

You too Joy!

I think so too.

What a pretty combination. 😍