Red-tailed Hawks

Posted on July 28, 2014 by treshabarger

Two red-tailed hawks on my neighbor’s utility pole. The mockingbirds were not happy at all about them being in the neighborhood and did their best to chase off the hawks.

Two red-tailed hawks on the top of a utility pole

Just hanging out

New Hummingbird Feeder

Posted on July 17, 2014 by treshabarger

A hummingbird at our new feeder.

Fresh food

Smart Chicken

Posted on July 3, 2014 by treshabarger

This Speckled Sussex Chicken was pretty smart. She roamed around the parking lot, eating the bugs on the fronts of cars. (It seems that even the hens have the red combs.)

A Speckled Sussex Chicken eating bugs off of car bumpers

Bug buffet on the front bumper

So why did the chicken cross the road? Maybe to get to the parking lot and a bumper bug buffet.

My Fan Club

Posted on June 11, 2014 by treshabarger

My very own fan club. All they want is for me to bring the food and get out of the way! And those White-winged doves may sound docile with their cooing, but they don’t play well with others. I’m going to rethink that clichéd reference about the hawk and the dove, that’s for sure.

One of these things is not like the other

Friday Fiction: The Crane

Posted on June 6, 2014 by treshabarger

Masako stayed where she fell, freezing and exhausted. A silhouette blocked the light and she looked up: a crane. Not this high on Mount Fuji, she thought; she must be hallucinating, close to death. The crane shielded her from the falling snow, nudging her until she arose. Masako stumbled, following it to a crevice on the cliff where she sheltered until the storm passed, beneath wings of refuge and warmth.

Another such storm, tonight. Masako closed her eyes, knowing the crane will appear in her dreams. In the morning she will climb the mountain and rescue the one safeguarded there.