Sometimes we all need to take a short break and readjust ourselves before traveling on to another destination. Even nature in Siouxland might need to reconnoiter and make adjustments. I noticed this a while ago while at Adams Homestead and Nature Preserve as a Blue Jay found something to its liking, but taking off was problematic until some minor adjustments occurred. Life is funny sometimes.
I’ve come to appreciate blue jays. They warn the whole woods of owls and hawks nearby. It is one of the ways I find owls. Blue jays stick around the winter here.
I didn’t know that. When walking about Adams Homestead they like some red-headed woodpeckers flit near me, and then as I raise the camera and hit the shutter they take off, to a nearby branch. Apparently they know me and like to string me along. But occasionally I get lucky. Enjoy the fall.
I live in the Siouxland area that encompasses a wide swatch of land in northwest Iowa, northeastern Nebraska and southeastern South Dakota. The people that inhabit this area are generous folk and your basic honest, Midwestern people you like to have as neighbors. I explore the area and share observations, mostly photographic, sometimes through video, and and short text. All images and video are copyrighted material of the author.
Jerry Mennenga, Sioux City, Iowa
jerrylmennenga@yahoo.com
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I’ve come to appreciate blue jays. They warn the whole woods of owls and hawks nearby. It is one of the ways I find owls. Blue jays stick around the winter here.
I didn’t know that. When walking about Adams Homestead they like some red-headed woodpeckers flit near me, and then as I raise the camera and hit the shutter they take off, to a nearby branch. Apparently they know me and like to string me along. But occasionally I get lucky. Enjoy the fall.
The king fishers are great at stringing me along. I wonder if they laugh at us. You too!