GA_Brownie

@gabrownie

Wandering the mountains, lakes, trails, & waterfalls of NE Georgia...soon. I use #AltText. Banner: A mountain lake with a sky full of white puffy clouds. PFP: A brownie with the word GA_Brownie written in white on top.

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GA_Brownie@gabrownie· 25d

"Get off my lawn!" 🪶 #BackyardBirds 📸 Eastern blueird: Sialia sialis

GA_Brownie@gabrownie· 25d

Love the patterns in sunflowers. #Bloomscrolling 🌿

A stray yellow-petaled flower that grew under the bird feeder.

The center of a stray yellow-petaled flower that grew under the bird feeder.

GA_Brownie@gabrownie· 27d

A cartoon of a giant blood-filled mosquito standing over a human as the human yells NO! as the mosquito prepares to bite him again.

GA_Brownie@gabrownie· 28d

Pourquoi? Such a precious little juvie. 🪶 #BackyardBirds #PerfectPoise #BirdOfTheDay 📸 Northern cardinal: Cardinalis cardinalis

A juvie cardinal that is mostly reddish-brown with some red on its wings and tail, and a dark beak that is turning redfish-orange, is turned slightly to the left with its tufted head turned further left and cocked towards its feet on a red feeder.

GA_Brownie@gabrownie· 28d

I wish you could see my Beeblossom flowerbeds lining both sides of my concrete pavers in person. They are magnificent. I love those sweet little pink blossoms floating atop fairy wands in the breeze. #Bloomscrolling 🌿 📸 Oenothera (Gaura) lindheimerii var. Belleza®️: Beeblossom

Beeblossom, with its delicate pink flowers suspended on fairy wands, borders both sides of concrete pavers.

GA_Brownie@gabrownie· 29d

Wrens make for the best #ButtShotts! 🪶 #ChangeMyMind #BacjyardBirds 📸 Carolina wren: Thryothorus ludovicianus

The back end striped tail and butt of a Carolina wren perched on a rail of the cam feeder.

GA_Brownie@gabrownie· 29d

So many babies growing up in the backyard. These two came flying in one after the other. 🪶 #BackyardBirds 📸 Northern cardinal: Cardinalis cardinalis House Finch: Haemorhous mexicanus

A young cardinal perched on the tail of the cam feeder.

A young house finch perched on the rail of the feeder cam.

GA_Brownie@gabrownie· Jul 12

#Bloomscrolling the petite lavender flowers of liriope. 📸 Monkey grass: Liriope spp

A stalk of small, numerous lavendar flowers.

GA_Brownie@gabrownie· Jul 11

Welp, the new sugar bar cam feeder claimed its first victim - a visiting paper wasp that came to get some sips right after the male hummer visited this morning. Them's the breaks greedy paper wasp. You should've stuck w/ the gaura on the side of the house. 🪶 #inverts 📸 Paper wasp: Polistes spp.

GA_Brownie@gabrownie· Jul 11

Uncle Fester is back! Don't worry, there's nothing wrong with this Northern Cardinal, he's just molting his head feathers. He'll be looking good as new within a few weeks. 🪶 #BackyardBirds 📸 Northern cardinal: Cardinalis cardinalis

A red bird with no feathers on his head facing right on a black feeder tray.

GA_Brownie@gabrownie· Jul 10

Second time a hummer has visited the new sugar bar cam feeder. Look at that beautiful red gorget he is flashing. Volume up to hear him buzzing.🪶# BackyardBirds 📸 Ruby-throated hummingbird: Archilochus colubris

GA_Brownie@gabrownie· Jul 8

This hummer looks so weird. It's so long and skinny. 🪶 #BackyardBirds 📸 Ruby-throated hummingbird: Archilochus colubris

A small emerald green bird with a white underbody perched at the sugar bar sipping on some go juice.

GA_Brownie@gabrownie· Jul 8

#Bloomscrolling my Beeblossom. It's the 1st time I've ever had any flowering plants grow on that side of the house. There's another row on the left side of the pavers doing equally as well. I love them...and so do the hummers, butterflies, and bees. 🌿 📸Beeblossom: Gaura lindheimerii var. Belleza®️

A row of tall green leafy plants with dark pink flowers atop wand-like stems next to a path of large concrete pavers on the left side.

GA_Brownie@gabrownie· Jul 7

Celebrating #TitmouseTuesday with this little sweetie. 🪶 #BackyardBirds 📸 Tufted titmouse: Baeolophus bicolor

A small gray and white bird with a gray topknot stares into the camera with his head tilted slightly right. The bird is standing on an orangish-beige cam feeder rail.

GA_Brownie@gabrownie· Jul 6

Chicka-squee-squee-squee! 🪶 #BacyardBirds 📸 Carolina chickadee: Poecile carolinensis

A gray and white bird with a black cap and bib perched, facing right, on a hummingbird feeder's red ant moat in between taking sips of water from the moat.

GA_Brownie@gabrownie· Jul 5

A bluebird on feeder guard duty. 🪶 #BackyardBirds 📸 Eastern bluebird: Sialia sialis

A bluebird perched on a red feeder with its back to you and its head turned to the right.

GA_Brownie@gabrownie· Jul 4

This guy! Trying to eat at the sugar bar. smh. 🪶 #BackyardBirds 📸 Carolina chickadee: Poecile carolinensis

A young Carolina chickadee with its black cap and neck bandanna at the hummingbird feeder cam.

GA_Brownie@gabrownie· Jul 2

3 years ago today we had to put our floofer, Molly2, down due to cancer. She was such a cutie and so sweet. I've been wanting another cat, but I'm so reluctant because I just really don't want to have to relive the experience of the end. #EarlyCaturday #MissingMolly2 #CatsOfBluesky

A collage of 9 pictures of a sweet tabby kitty.

GA_Brownie@gabrownie· Jul 1

Coming in for a landing... 🪶 #BackyardBirds #MyDirtyKitchenWindow™️ 📸 Ruby-throated hummingbird: Archilochus colubris

A small dark emerald green bird with a white neck and flashing red throat has his feet pulled up as he prepares to land on a red sugar bar.

GA_Brownie@gabrownie· Jun 28

One of my gorgeous woodpeckers decided to show off the back of his brilliant red head just as I took the photo to capture his beautiful black and white-striped back at the birdbath. 🪶 📸 Red-bellied woodpecker: Melanerpes carolinus

A black and white striped bird with a bright red head is perched facing left on the birdbath with his head facing directly opposite the camera.

GA_Brownie@gabrownie· Jun 27

A new friend climbed our tree and stared at us through our den window. What a cute little orangie! #Caturday

An orange kitty with body facing right and its head turned back to the left to face the camera.

GA_Brownie@gabrownie· Jun 27

The only place to cool off (other than the ice skating rink) when it feels like 100+F degrees outside today. #BeachinIt #SaltLife

GA_Brownie@gabrownie· Jun 27

A black swallowtail on thistle. #Inverts #PollinatorWeek #Bloomscrolling 📸 Black swallowtail: Papilio polyxenes Thistle: Cirsium spp.

A black butterfly with rows of yellow spots at the edges of its wings dines on a purple and white thistle flower.

GA_Brownie@gabrownie· Jun 26

I love these little mimes. Always singing as they hide in the bushes - often trying to trick you into thinking it's a either different bird, or a cat, or even a tree frog. 🪶 #GrayDay #GreyDay #BirdOfTheDay #BackyardBirds 📸 Gray (Grey) catbird: Dumetella carolinensis

A gray (grey) bird with a black patch on its head and its beak open perches facing to the left on a black feeder cup.

GA_Brownie@gabrownie· Jun 25

Following the #BirdOfTheDay theme, here's my #LittleBrownBirdsButt. Oh wait! You said #LittleBrownBirds, didn't you? 😁 🪶 #BackyardBirds 📸 Carolina wren: Thryothorus ludovicianus

The back end of a brown bird with its striped tail feathers upright.

A brown bird with a white stripe over its eye facing right looking back over its right shoulder toward the left.

GA_Brownie@gabrownie· Jun 25

"Fred, quit eating all the bark butter!" ~ right Mourning dove to left Mourning dove, probably. 🪶 #BackyardBirds 📸 Mourning dove: Zenaida macroura

A light brown bird on the left side of a red platform feeder has its head buried out of sight as it snarfles up some butter bark, while a brown bird facing left with a blue eye ring and an open beak on the right side of the same red platform feeder appears to be talking to the brown bird on the left.

GA_Brownie@gabrownie· Jun 25

Because bsky can always use more #herps... especially on beautiful murals. 📸 Green anole: Anolis carolinensis

A family of 5 green anoles, growing in size from left to right, are showing off by expanding the orangish dewlaps on their throats.

GA_Brownie@gabrownie· Jun 25

UGH!

A weather chart showing the "Feels. Like" temperatures today (Thursday) through Monday.
Thursday - 105, Friday - 107, Saturday - 108, Sunday - 110, Monday - 105.

GA_Brownie@gabrownie· Jun 24

"Been hanging around waiting for today." ~ this woodpecker, probably. 🪶 #WoodpeckerWednesday #BackyardBirds 📸 Red-bellied woodpecker: Melanerpes carolinus

The back end of a red-bellied woodpecker that's hanging upside down on a live oak limb.

GA_Brownie@gabrownie· Jun 22

Streeeeeetch! 🪶 #BackyardBirds 📸 House finch: Haemorhous mexicanus