Ann, thanks so much for starting the new thread for November; that is a beautiful shot of the finches at the birdbath! I bet you will love that new camera! I am so thankful for the technology for these new cameras because I don't know a thing about photography and I'm too old and set in my ways (short attention span) to learn. I never know what I have until I download it to my laptop.
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Margaret, great shots! Wow, looks like y'all have snow already and it's so pretty! I love the Woodpeckers; I was told we have the Hairy WP here but all I've ever seen is the Downy. Amazing close up's of the Pileated, so pretty, cool shot of her taking off too! I've never seen a Pileated visit the suet feeder, wish they would but they are usually pecking away at the palm trees.
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I was out of town for a few days ... flew out to Texas with one of my friends and another friend from Va. met us there. Does anyone watch HGTV and the show Fixer Upper with Joanna and Chip Gaines? It's one of our favorite shows so we went to Waco, Tx for the grand opening of the Silo's and Magnolia Market. We flew out of Orlando at 6:00 Saturday morning and got home at 3 a.m. Tuesday morning and it's taking me awhile to adjust from central daylight time back to eastern standard time.
Our return flights were all out of whack, we were supposed to leave Waco for Dallas at 1:30 in the afternoon but when we got to Waco airport we were informed that the flight was cancelled due to weather so everyone had to get re-booked for later flights. My friend had dropped us off at the check in place while she returned the rental car but someone in the parking lot told her about all flights being cancelled so luckily we didn't have to go through the process of renting another car and were able to keep the one we had. We went ahead and checked our bags and then drove back downtown to eat lunch and shop.
We returned to Waco airport for our flights to Dallas and our connecting flights (our friend to Va. and us to Orlando.) As we were sitting at the gate in Waco, they announced that the plane was there but we couldn't begin boarding as scheduled because they were waiting for the pilot and first officer to arrive from their hotel ... which delayed us even more but we all still arrived in Dallas in time for our our continuing flights home. My friend and I were supposed to get back to Orlando at 8:30 p.m. but due to the delays it was 12:30 a.m. when we landed. We got coffee and went to baggage claim to wait on our luggage, then on to the trolley to get us to the lot to pick up my friends car for the 1 1/2 hour drive home to Daytona Beach. We got home at 3:00 a.m. Tuesday morning! It seems the older I get, the longer it takes me to adjust from traveling, especially when we change time zones.
Anyway ... I was out in the yard with the dog this morning and got a picture of a belted kingfisher! I've been hearing them a lot lately but they zoom around so fast that I never seem to get my camera in time to get a photo when they are perched and still.
Belted Kingfisher
