This beautiful "God's Creature" flew against our kitchen window. The only second Cardinal (female) to do that since we have been here. The first one died on our front step earlier this fall, no males so far. We have had many other birds hit the window and a few never make it after impact. I have held many of them until they are ready to take off. They seem to like to be held in a warm hand maybe 20 minutes to 30 minutes and fly off when they have regained full strength. The trees reflect against the glass like a mirror and they think it must be ok. I wish there were something we could do with out hurting our view as we love to watch all the birds at our feeders out there. We do have a X pattern panels in the inside and that does not help. We even taped large pictures of big black birds in each window that helped for a while. We got that idea from a bird magazine.

This bird hit the glass at just about dark and was conscious but not ready to fly so we put her in a box and put it in our Patio. She had blood in her right eye that did not look good. We put her in God's care for the night. In the morning, I got the box out of the patio and the Cardinal was moving around very vigorously. I took it to the front door and opened it. It flew away so fast I could hardly see it. Thank God!

Cardinals in the snow

In taking pictures, the timing is everything. Sometimes a good shot is missed because the shutter is a little slow. Sometimes that works to your advantage. I was trying to take this picture of the cardinal and just as I snapped the picture he took off and the blue jay flew in. It turned out to be a pretty neat picture!

The OakTree

All of the other trees have dropped their leaves, but this oak tree is still showing its beautiful fall colors. As you can see, we are all set for fall with the windows on our screened in patio all covered with plastic to help keep it warmer over the winter.

Wild Turkey

It used to be very rare for one to see a wild turkey. They were very wily and difficult to find. Now, it is not unusual to see them feeding in the fields near our home. This picture was taken on the road to our house.

Cooper's Hawk

Cooper's Hawk

This Cooper's Hawk showed up at our bird feeders. He had made a kill and was eating it. This picture was taken through the window. It was fun to see a different type of bird, but we hated to see him eat those who were here to eat!

Robins Forgot Their Way South

This flock of robins have been coming to eat and drink at our bird station most of the winter. I think the birds and animals are getting confused with all the weather changes lately and do not know what to do. We have counted seven robins here at the same time. There are other people in Denison who are reporting that they also are seeing a lot of robins this winter.