Thursday, December 24, 2009

SkyWatch Friday - Finally

After surgery on Monday and two days locked by recovery in the house, it was time to get outside.  With zero temperatures and low clouds everything was covered with frost.  Here the sun makes a futile effort to peek out of the clouds.


With the cold, most birds were fuffed up and nestled in the trees also waiting for the sun to warm them.  This American Goldfinch appears not enjoying the cold.



While my favorites, the Black-capped chickadees, continued to flit and flutter as I fed them.  A very bright spot on a gloomy day.



Landing and taking off, hiding seeds for later, and brightening my Christmas Eve.



Just another boring wild day in Idaho.  Have a Blessed Christmas Day and may you have joy that will warm you at this sacred time.  Check other pictures of the sky on SkyWatch Friday.

26 comments:

Cloudia said...

Lovely shots as usual, Bill.

Feel better!

Aloha, Friend,
Happy Holidays


Comfort Spiral

Loran said...

Wishing you a speedy recovery and more boring wild days in Idaho!

Betsy Banks Adams said...

Boring is not the word I would use, Bill, when speaking about your area of Idaho. It is GORGEOUS there...

Hope your recovery goes well. Take care of yourself.

Merry Christmas,
Betsy

Birding is Fun! said...

Glad you could get out and about. Some flu bug hit me Tuesday and it has really put a damper on outdoor adventures and holidays. All the extended families on both side will be over to our place at Avimor in the next couple of hours for Christmas Eve. Its always wonderful.

eileeninmd said...

Glad you are feeling better. Love the cute birdie photos. Happy Holidays.

troutbirder said...

Merry Christmas to you and yours Bill. And recovery enough to get those ice fishing posts out!
troutbirder

Sylvia K said...

First of all, I'm so glad you're recovering and feeling better, Bill!

And what marvelous captures! I love the shots of the birds! It does look cold!!

Wishing your and yours a very Happy Holiday season! Enjoy!

Sylvia

Yogi♪♪♪ said...

Great shots of the birds. If I were them I'd be well south by now.

JTG (Misalyn) said...

I completely disagree with the word boring. I agree with Betsy, gorgeous is the proper term.

I love your photos with beautiful birds. Simply amazing.

I find it difficult to capture birds with my point and shoot camera(contemplating on buying a nice camera next year).

Albeit it's my first time to visit your site, I am glad to know that you are recuperating. Please take your anagelsic on time.

Happy holidays to you and to your family. I'll peek again next time.

This Is My Blog - fishing guy said...

Bill: Glad to hear you are feeling better. Very nice capture of the sun breaking through the gray sky. I love your bird shots and what a neat header.
I hope you have a great Christmas and hope you remember the reason for the season.

Quilt Works said...

Glad to hear you are on the mend! Lovely photos! Glad the little chicadee came out to greet you!

... "Moonlight becomes you..."

FAB said...

Well Bill you were certainly more active than me today.
Have a great Christmas. Frank.

April said...

Beautiful wintry pictures! All the very best - Merry Christmas.

Al said...

Idaho is a place I could love living in. I've driven through it one time and thought it was incredible. Your photos perfectly capture its beauty and wildness.

Cactus Jack Splash said...

Get well soon. Lovely photos

marianne said...

merry christmas to you! love the goldfinch and the chickadees-

Johnny Nutcase said...

surgery! yikes, feel better soon. excellent skywatch shots! :)

Kelly said...

...glad you were able to get out! The photo of the goldfinch is beautiful...love all that fluffing.

Anonymous said...

Beautiful photos of those little birds all puffed up in the snowy weather!
Merry Christmas and thanks for sharing!

Shirleyanne said...

Wishing you & your family a Very Happy Christmas!
Also, hope you have a speedy recovery aswell Bill.

Brilliant photos of the Chickadee with all the snow!

Take care

elvira pajarola said...

....TANTISSIMI AUGURI di GUARIGIONE, BILL...( lots of wishes for feeling better soon...)

...These pics of those sweet little birds are so wonderful....the little one which is a little cold is really touching the soul....!

beautiful Photos!!!
have a wonderful Christmas with YOUR LOVED ONES and
.. see you!!
ciao elvira

Julie ScottsdaleDailyPhoto.com said...

wow, a white out. the birds are lovely. Happy Holidays!

Robin said...

Beautiful captures. Wishing you a speedy recovery and a very merry Christmas.

Dagmar said...

Oh I have 14 birdhouses in my backgarden and most of them contains goodies for my 'housebirds'. I love yours so much they are just like mine.

Regina said...

Great captures!
Merry Christmas!

Unknown said...

Hi Bill
These are great photos. Hope you had a nice Christmas/New Year holidays. Happy New Year!

ps. Surgery - hope all is well now...

Cheers, Evelyn