ME II: white-breasted nuthatch

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TGIF!! It was a regular busy day at work. At the end of the day, we went on a walk to see if the pharmacy near us was open and had the new vaccine booster. In the end, we realized that we needed to make an appointment - which we did for next Tuesday as we have a lot going on in the remainder of September. In the middle of the day, I got a picture of a white-breasted nuthatch - it's a little blurry because um I was on the ground and the iPhone's camera is only so good. We made a delicious lentil soup for dinner and ate the last of our lettuce and bread as sides. The winning ingredient was amaranth greens. They add benefit to whatever they are added to. My new favorite food or maybe it's my old-new favorite food. It was my favorite food as a child and in spring when we hadn't eaten anything fresh or green for a while my mother would turn me loose and I would go gather amaranth or lambs-quarter which was a weed. It's so tasty!

burdock burrs up close
Speaking of childhood. These burrs of a common weed known as Burdock. These were my nemesis because they would leap into my hair and get tangled up and get in my socks and would hurt and be difficult to comb out. Turns out that I love the burdock that you get at Japanese restaurants. That is the Eurasian version of Arctium lappa whereas my nemesis is Arctium minus.
white breasted nuthatch upside down on a tree
White-breasted nuthatch hanging out upside down on a large tree trunk. He is really a beautiful bird. We usually see the Red-breasted nuthatches.
cosmo with bee
The flowers are still blooming and the first of the earliest trees are starting to get some color
pink cosmos
lichen on a tree
I really don't know much about lichens but I'm starting with this site on lichens and fungi in this area.
and more...
full moon through a window in the trees
Full moon tonight and on a Friday no less. Time to crawl under the bed.

Have a sweet evening.

Sending love, Tawnia

And a small bird list:

  1. White-breasted Nuthatch, of course
  2. Herring Gull
  3. House Sparrow
  4. Black-capped Chickadee (lots of them today)
  5. American Crow
  6. Gray Catbird
  7. American Goldfinch
  8. Rock Pidgeon