tree critter and the suns rays

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 I call the tree below the Charlie Brown tree because

I've never seen it with leaves and I think it would look

cool with Christmas decorations.  The birds seem to

love perching in it.  A couple days ago I noticed a bird

that seem to look a bit odd so I grabbed the camera.

Why it wasn't a bird at all.  It was a chipmunk.

If you look closely you can see it is nibbling on 

some of the feed that I had put out on the ground.

It was very foggy this morning.  The corn field next door

and the field out back had extremely low visiblity.  When I

went out to fill the feeders I noticed the rising sun was trying

to filter through the fog and it appeared to be pushing the fog

through the openings...I thought it looked pretty cool.

Here's a slightly different view that shows how foggy

the back field was at the time the photos were taken.

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Camera Critters #117

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my week in nature

Last weeks buds are this weeks blooms.

...this is one of the most interesting things i've seen...

After the worst rain/flood we've had a couple of holes showed

up in the flower beds.  Upon inspecting them we found that water

was moving below the surface of the soil at a pretty decent pace

and the soil eventually gave way and caved in.

I thought this was a pretty cool form of nature.  If you click on

photo to enlarge you can see the water much better.

I really like the way new growth looks in front of tree bark.

It's been a buggy Spring so far.

I finally captured a cardinal pic I'm happy with.

These are two of the five chipmunks I've counted at the feeders.

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