Monday, February 28, 2011

Spring Discoveries


I believe this is a female belted kingfisher.  While the range maps say that they are in the area year round, I have not seen one in my backyard before today!  I only have a point and shoot but it has a pretty good zoom and I was able to get a good enough picture to identify it. 
Also another picture of spring blooms.  The tulip magnolia is now blooming.  It went from tiny little buds to open blooms in about 3 days.  Amazing!

4 comments:

Jacqueline said...

What an adorable bird! Lucky you... nothing but snow here.

Christiane Kingsley said...

oh, those gorgeous magnolias! I wish I could send you a picture from my window today...but the visibility is almost 0 because of the snow falling:-)

Vicki Greene said...

Thanks Jacqueline and Christiane. I wish you beautiful warm weather very soon!

Krista Hasson said...

Great capture of the King Fisher and the magnolia is beautiful!