Squirrel

I visited the berry tree to find if I am lucky to find few new birds there but today was a dull day and not many birds were interested in the free berries. But this squirrel appeared from somewhere and was waiting for me to get out of its way to the tree. So we struck a deal...it gave me a pose and in return i moved out of its way.

Within five minutes I was furious at this mischievous squirrel...It went straight up the tree and on the branch right on top of my head and tried to shower me with its pee... I was aware of its wired behavior and was alert enough to get out of the shade of tree.

Vikas and I have seen it other day doing the same thing to keep us away from the tree... :-)

Downy Woodpecker

I love the way woodpeckers hang on the trunk of the tree. Even on straight branch (Like the one on berry tree pic) they prefer vertical grip.

Today I found woodpecker in more natural environment in the deep woods.I could hear the noise but it took me a while to find it on this tree.
It was picking some soft wood to fill it in its nest. May be it was preparing bed for the young ones :-)

Downy Woodpecker

Yesterday evening I decided to take a walk at the Terryville park and carried my camera along (it was cloudy but not raining). The conditions were overcast and at 07:00pm the sun was pipping out of clouds once in a while so it was very difficult lighting situation.I came across this berry tree where I saw some movement and saw many birds were making round to this tree. But most of them were hiding in the shadow of tree leaves and with the kind of lighting it was impossible to get any sharp image but this woodpecker came out in the open for a moment and finally I got to capture the Downy Woodpecker collecting the berries (Still waiting to capture it at nest feeding the babies).

Baltimore Oriole

I also got to see some more birds in the shadow of the berry tree but could not nail one single sharp image of any other bird except the Downy Woodpecker and this Baltimore Oriole which is not as good as I would have liked but still this looked good to me as the pair of this beautiful bird kept coming back to this tree for number of times. I am sure they have their kids some where in the nest Hope I will get some more bird shots at this tree before all the berries are finished :-)

White Tailed Buck

I was taking a stroll back to home after a failed attempt to capture Downy Woodpecker. On my way I noticed this White Tailed Buck which became alert on hearing my footsteps and it had it's eyes and ear fixed on me for some time but suddenly some kids started shouting in distance on the other side and this buck immediately altered its stance and gave me just an ear and rest all was focused on something which sounded more concerning to him.

Downy Woodpecker Home

I found this home of a Downy Woodpecker and waited there for almost an hour to get a shot of feeding but I was not lucky enough and weather was not on my side either. So I left the place but not without taking the picture of home where young ones are growing. I will go back there sometime this week again and see if I have any luck.

Eastern Blue Bird

This was taken when me and Maya (my wife) went for a early morning shoot. I loved the color of this bird.