Cormorants, July 31, 2021

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Pickwick, Tennessee, USA, July 25, 2021

I am always amazed to see web-footed birds up in a tree! I think these are juvenile Double-crested Cormorants, Phalacrocorax auritus, in a tree near the Tennessee River.

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Thankful Thursday, July 29, 2021

Thankful Thursday and Little Things Thursday

Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA, July 29, 2021

I am thankful for home-grown cucumbers. With 'Burpless Beauty' Cucumbers there really is less burping! And they taste good too!

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Osprey, July 28, 2021

Wild Bird Wednesday and My Corner of the World

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Pickwick, Tennessee, USA, July 21, 2021

The Ospreys, Pandion haliaetus, at Pickwick Lake raised two chicks this year. This nesting platform is out in the lake much farther away from the hotel and the trees than it appears to be in my photo. To see a view of the nest from the hotel, see my post a few weeks ago Click Here

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One Feeder, Four Birds, July 24, 2021

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Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA, July 24, 2021

Lunch time at the feeder: one male Cardinal, two female Cardinals, and an American Goldfinch!

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Tiny Critters, July 24, 2021

Saturday's Critters

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Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA, July 19, 2021

The nymph of a Fork-tailed Bush Katydid...

... on the back of a Tiger Lily bloom,

and another one on a Cucumber flower.

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Sky Watch Friday, July 23, 2021

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Pickwick, Tennessee, USA, July 21, 2021

Pickwick Dam on the Tennessee River is a hydro-electric dam that generates electricity for our area.

The dam backs up the water of the Tennessee River to form Pickwick Lake. It is a popular vacation spot on holidays and weekends, but it was very quiet and peaceful when we were there mid-week.

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Something to Remember, July 22, 2021

Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA, July 19, 2021

Remember: "Worry pulls tomorrow's cloud over today's sunshine."

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Geese, July 21, 2021

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Pickwick, Tennessee, USA, July 16, 2021

Canada Geese, Branta canadensis, have settled down to become year-round residents in many parts of the United States.

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Black Vultures, July 16, 2021

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Pickwick, Tennessee, USA, July 16, 2021

Today (Friday) was a beautiful day to be out for an afternoon drive, but a rainstorm caught up with us before we got back home! We were enjoying this view of Pickwick Lake, when we looked over to the left (not in this photo) and saw a flock of Vultures coming in for a landing.

I think this sign facing the lake is a warning to boats that the shore here is dangerous because of the rocks.

Pickwick, Tennessee, USA, July 16, 2021

Black Vultures, Coragyps atratus. Since Vultures do not fish, I wonder what drew them to the lake.

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Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day, July 2021

In the northeast corner of Mississippi, USA zone 7b

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I have several Tiger Lily plants, Lilium lancifolium, that grow so tall that they need support to stay upright, and even then, they lean over as soon as they get a chance!

The Double Day Lilies have much shorter stems and are better behaved!

A friend gave me this Stonecrop plant (Sedum) last year.

Gardenia: a sweet smelling shrub

Crepe Myrtles are tall shrubs (or small trees) and come in several colors. Shades of pink are the most popular colors in our area, but I am seeing more of the white ones today than in previous years.

Althea (Rose of Sharon): another shrub that grows to be the size of a small tree.

Encore Azalea "Autumn Royalty"

Phlox are very easy to grow, have a pleasant aroma, and give the garden a bold splash of color,

Butterfly Bush, Buddleia, blooms and provides nectar for butterflies from Summer into the Autumn months. Perhaps it was the heavy rain we had recently that damaged this one's wings.

The Beautyberry shrub, Callicarpa americana, has tiny pink blooms in the Summer that produce the bright purple berries in the Autumn that give it its name.

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Great Blue Herons, July 14, 2021

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Pickwick, Tennessee, USA, July 11, 2021

We often see Great Blue Herons, Ardea herodias, on the banks of the Tennessee River near Pickwick Dam.

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Tennessee River, July 13, 2021

Through My Lens and Our World Tuesday

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Shiloh, Tennessee, USA, July 11, 2021

We are blessed to live only an hour's drive from the Tennessee River. We always enjoy going there even on cloudy days like last Sunday.

There is always something interesting to see! This is the 'H J Dupre' operated by LeBeouf Brothers Towing of Broug, Louisiana. They specialize in transporting chemicals and petroleum products.

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Barred Owl, July 10, 2021

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Pickwick, Tennessee, USA, July 4, 2021

This is Arrow, a Barred Owl, Strix varia, who was found on the ground when he was approximately two weeks old. He either accidently fell from the nest or was pushed out by a stronger sibling. Raised by humans without his natural parents to teach him, he did not learn to survive in the wild by himself. Now he lives at a bird sanctuary.

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Screech Owl, July 7, 2021

Thankful Thursday, Wild Bird Wednesday and My Corner of the World

I am thankful for bird sanctuaries where injured birds are cared for!

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Pickwick, Tennessee, USA, July 4, 2021

This is Ollie, an Eastern Screech Owl who lives at a bird sanctuary. He was injured when he was hit by a car. Eastern Screech Owls, Megascops asio, have two color variations, reddish brown (like Ollie) or gray. They hunt at night, catching small animals to eat, and sleep in the daytime. Their natural nesting places are tree cavities, but they easily adapt to nest boxes.

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Saturday's Critters, July 3, 2021

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Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA, June 4, 2021

Dragonfly: a female Common Whitetail Skimmer

Prentiss County, Mississippi, June 4, 2021

Japanese Beetles, though very pretty, are destructive insects that are hated by gardeners everywhere.

Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA, June 26, 2021

Indigo Buntings are common birds in the eastern half of the United States and southeastern Canada. You can attract them to your yard by offering a variety of seeds. They also eat insects.

Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA, June 30, 2021

Here in the United States we celebrate our Independence Day tomorrow, July 4th. Since the holiday falls on Sunday this year, many companies give their employees Monday off from work, so we have a nice three-day weekend.

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Sky Watch Friday, July 2, 2021

Pickwick, Tennessee, USA, June 26, 2021

We have had light rain for a couple of days, but the day we went to Pickwick Lake was a beautiful sunny day with only a few clouds. Do you see the nesting platform out in the lake?

There are two Osprey chicks in the nest, and a parent was pulling bites off of a fish and feeding them!

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