After my little April fools joke a Cardi couple in real colors. The cloudy weather always somehow makes them look extra pretty but the photos are so much harder to edit. I love her eyebrows. #birds #kingoftheyard #joshuahomme

When times are rough, I am especially happy for this hobby because it distract me and keeps my mind busy. And I never get sick of seeing birds, trees or gorgeous skies. We live in a pretty awesome place here on earth. And I hope we can continue with that. And I will continue to share what makes my heart happy, here from my little yard 💓 #kingoftheyard #joshuahomme #birds #ostdrossel

The sun was out today, and the birds seemingly posed with proudly-swelled chests. It is still cold and gets below zero at night but the days are undeniably getting longer, and spring is starting to fill the air with bird song. Now that the darkest time of winter is over, I am pretty much ready for spring to begin, the summer birds to arrive and getting my hands dirty in the garden again.
#birds #birdsofMastodon #KingoftheYard #JoshuaHomme #birdwatching #nature #Ostdrossel

Continuing the color scheme
was this much-beloved visitor today, one of the resident male Cardinals. There are several couples around but they usually stay on the ground or go to the bigger platform feeder that has no camera. After having been so low on variety recently, it is really nice to see my favorites back on photo. #birds #birdsofMastdoton #KingoftheYard #JoshuaHomme #nature #birdwatching #Ostdrossel

The camera on the ground has not lured in the leucistic Junco yet, but it has gotten some interest today too. It almost feels like the birds need to learn to not be shy with my cameras again, it’s been so long since a Downy has visited. The Cardinal is one of several that are hanging around.
#birds #woodpecker #birdwatching #kingoftheyard #joshuahomme #Ostdrossel

Due to some maintenance work, the live cams will be off for a couple of days, and I won't be able to post. Things will be back to normal next week. To hold you over, here is the King. Enjoy the outdoors and listen to the #birds ❤️ #birdsofinstagram #NorthernCardinal #Cardinals #JoshuaHomme #KingoftheYard #birdsofmichigan #birdsofnorthamerica #birdwatching #birdlovers #nature #Ostdrossel #birdphotography

Today was the last more extremely cold day for a bit. It will still be wintery but not to the point where you have to use face cream to prevent frostbite. A group of Starlings came over and wrecked the bird baths and shooed everybody away, but there was also sun and I got these three beauties.
#birds #birdsofMastodon #birdsofnorthamerica #Goldfinch #BlueJay #Cardinal #KingoftheYard #JoshuaHomme #birdwatching #nature #Ostdrossel #birdphotography

Out of the four, only Johnny will go outside and pretend he’s the King of the yard. #cats #catsofmastodon #kingoftheyard #catmom

This weekend, we decorated the house for the season, and I also added a bit of bling to the bird baths. Now all we need is some cold and snow. But we had some sun and the King of the Yard came for a visit. Cardis and sun are almost as good of a combination as Cardis and snow. I consider them nature-made decoration 🤩
#birds #birdsofMastodon #Cardinals #Kingoftheyard #JoshuaHomme #birdwatching #nature #Ostdrossel #FotoMontag