Tag Archives: bird bath

It’s a Bird Day Cat

January 13, 2022art, birds, blogs, cats, curiosity, food, outside, window, YTbird bath, bird feeder, deck, ears, flowers, penguin, tuxedo catteenyperk

Friday, September 10, 2021, 2:40 pm — How chickadees eat sunflower seeds … chestnut-backed chickadee … on sturdy butterfly bush branch …

Teeny Tuxedo … up-close view of the seed munching … Red arrow points to chickadee flying back to the sunflower seed bird feeder on corner of deck (on the right) …

… Butterfly bush … pruned down to window level two days ago … from corner of deck, next to sunflower seed bird feeder …

… Another black oil sunflower seed gourmand … male house finch (?) …

… Little Boy Penguin doesn’t care about gourmands or seeds … He’s just excited to return to school … See My Photo a Day Adventure for more “first day photos” before he heads off …

Power of Ice Cat

April 30, 2021cats, curiosity, outside, snow, trees, weather, windowbird bath, flowers, Kitty Sills, sit, tuxedo catteenyperk

Monday, February 15, 2021, 11:37 am — Teeny Tuxedo … what happened to the butterfly bush?? … branches are bent down to the ground! …

… ice! … enlarge for closer look …

24 hours earlier … the butterfly bush in all its sprightly vigor … Snow World Cat, Day 3, Feb. 14, 2021 …

Wash Away the Smoke!

November 17, 2020outside, weather, windowbird bath, fire, flowers, rainteenyperk

Friday, September 18, 2020, 12:38 pm — At last! … after all the hazardous air quality … RAIN!! … clearing out the smoke … butterfly bush raindrops … RAIN!! … so needed for the wildfires across the Columbia in Oregon …

… bird bath … rainwater! …

Serene Afternoon Cat

September 30, 2020cats, fun, outside, shadows, sleep, windowbird bath, cat face, ears, flowers, ginger cat, Kitty Sills, orange tabby cat, paws, red tabby cat, tailsteenyperk

Saturday, August 22, 2020, 4:38 pm — Perkins … serenity in the sun …

… Hey, Perky … you’ve got a crinkled ear … oh, well … nothing will disturb a seriously serene catnap …

About-Turn Cats

June 30, 2020cats, curiosity, fun, outside, sleep, trees, windowbird bath, flowers, ginger cat, Kitty Sills, orange tabby cat, paws, red tabby cat, reflection, tails, tuxedo cat, walkteenyperk

Sunday, May 7, 2020, 1:22 pm — Perkins … takes her turn at window guard duty … while Teeny Tuxedo lounges …

Fresh Start Cats

June 21, 2020cats, curiosity, outside, stretch, trees, weather, window, yawnbird bath, cat face, flowers, ginger cat, Kitty Sills, orange tabby cat, paws, red tabby cat, tails, tuxedo catteenyperk

Monday, May 4, 2020, 12:39 pm — Teeny Tuxedo … soaking in the warm sun … butterfly bush, starting to grow again …

… 5:08 pm … Teeny, Perkins … contemplate the sprouting butterfly bush …

… then decide to get a move on … with stretches …

… and yawns …

Swingin’, Splashin’ Cat

May 25, 2020animals, birds, cats, fun, outside, sleep, trees, window, YTbird bath, bird feeder, deck, ginger cat, Kitty Sills, orange tabby cat, paws, red tabby cat, squirrels, waterteenyperk

Thursday, April 2, 2020, 11:45 am — While Perky snoozes on the deck window Kitty Sill … there’s plenty of action outside …

… swingin’, sunflower seeds eatin’ squirrel …

… splashin’, bird bathin’ bird … house sparrow …

Window Vignettes Cats

May 19, 2020cats, outside, sleep, stretch, windowbird bath, cat face, claws, favorites, flowers, ginger cat, Kitty Sills, orange tabby cat, paws, red tabby cat, reflection, tuxedo catteenyperk

Saturday, March 21, 2020, 10:59 am — Perkins, Teeny Tuxedo … bird bath … butterfly bush …

… 12:34 pm … Perkins …

Aghast Moment Cats

May 15, 2020cats, fun, outside, sleep, window, yawnbird bath, cat face, flowers, ginger cat, Kitty Sills, orange tabby cat, paws, red tabby cat, reflection, tuxedo catteenyperk

Wednesday, March 18, 2020, 1:22 pm — Perkins … looks, aghast, at Teeny’s giant yawn …

… 3:22 pm … settles down to a catnap with her smiling reflection …

Robin-Oblivious Cats

May 15, 2020birds, cats, outside, sleep, windowbird bath, flowers, ginger cat, Kitty Sills, orange tabby cat, paws, red tabby cat, tuxedo catteenyperk

Monday, March 16, 2020, 3:15 pm — Perkins … sound asleep … didn’t notice the …

… robin! … one of the first of the season …

… 3:32 pm … Teeny Tuxedo joined in … both catnappily robin-oblivious …

After the Snow Cat

May 10, 2020cats, fun, outside, shadows, sleep, snow, stretch, trees, weather, windowbird bath, cat face, ears, ginger cat, Kitty Sills, orange tabby cat, paws, red tabby cat, tailsteenyperk

Sunday, March 15, 2020, 12:20 pm — Perkins … warm wonderful sunshine … after yesterday’s Snow Surprise …

… still some snow on the trees in the shade …

Snow Surprise Cats

April 20, 2020birds, cats, curiosity, outside, snow, trees, weather, window, YTbird bath, bird feeder, decals, deck, flowers, ginger cat, Kitty Sills, orange tabby cat, paws, red tabby cat, sofa, tails, tuxedo cat, walkteenyperk

Saturday, March 14, 2020, 9:21 am — Teeny Tuxedo … what the what!? …

… to the deck … changing places with Perkins …

… 9:32 am … Perkins … what the what!? … snow out here, too! …

… look fast! … bird flies from butterfly bush … falling snow …

Sunny Cuteness Cat

April 16, 2020cats, fun, grooming, outside, shadows, stretch, weather, window, yawnbird bath, cat face, flowers, ginger cat, Kitty Sills, orange tabby cat, paws, red tabby cat, tails, tongueteenyperk

Monday, March 9, 2020, 11:16 am — Perkins …

March Is Here Cats

March 31, 2020cats, fun, outside, sleep, windowbird bath, cat face, ginger cat, Kitty Sills, orange tabby cat, red tabby cat, tails, tuxedo catteenyperk

Sunday, March 1, 2020, 2:01 pm — Perkins, Teeny Tuxedo … our favorite way to start a new month …

Beyond the Window Cats

December 30, 2019cats, curiosity, outside, trees, window, yawnbird bath, cat face, ginger cat, Kitty Sills, me, orange tabby cat, red tabby cat, reflection, sit, tuxedo catteenyperk

Wednesday, December 18, 2019, 3:09 pm — Teeny Tuxedo, Perkins … second day of 3-week winter break … no hurrying, no scurrying … quiet observation of the world outside the window … yaaawn …

December 1st Nap Cats

December 27, 2019cats, outside, sleep, weather, windowbird bath, ginger cat, Kitty Sills, orange tabby cat, red tabby cat, tuxedo catteenyperk

Sunday, December 1, 2019, 2:58 pm — Perkins, Teeny Tuxedo … catnap their way through the first day of December … ice in the bird bath has almost melted …

Reflections Cat

December 21, 2019cats, curiosity, outside, shadows, trees, windowbird bath, ginger cat, Kitty Sills, orange tabby cat, red tabby cat, reflectionteenyperk

Thursday, November 21, 2019, 4:42 pm — Perkins … days are ending earlier …

… trees reflected in bird bath … Perk’s ghostly reflection in window …

Outside Changes Cat

December 1, 2019birds, cats, curiosity, outside, trees, windowbird bath, bird feeder, ears, flowers, ginger cat, Kitty Sills, orange tabby cat, red tabby cat, tailsteenyperk

Monday, November 11, 2019, 12:06 pm — Perkins … some spiffy changes outside …

… butterfly bush has been trimmed … bird on temporarily moved bird bath …

… hedge by deck trimmed …

Change of Scenery Cat

October 12, 2019cats, computer, curiosity, grooming, outside, treesbird bath, bird feeder, flowers, ginger cat, orange tabby cat, paws, red tabby cat, skyteenyperk

Saturday, September 28, 2019, 9:11 am — Perkins … beyond the butterfly bush … newly open space where trees had been cut Sept. 17 … required by the county … a water runoff area … remaining trees are a protected wetland area …

… 10:40 am … Perk’s back leg … grooming behind the computer … life goes on …

First photos … Trees and Deer, Sept. 21, 2019

Full to the Brim Cat

September 14, 2019animals, birds, cats, curiosity, outside, trees, weather, windowbird bath, ears, flowers, ginger cat, Kitty Sills, orange tabby cat, red tabby cat, retroteenyperk

Monday, September 9, 2019, 1:38 pm — Perkins … after last night’s heavy rain bursts … the bird bath is full … and there’s a healthy garden of molehills … but where are the robins? … haven’t seen them since spring … How to Catch Worms, May 4, 2019 …

… Steller’s jay … on the prowl for seeds …

Torrential Cat

September 14, 2019cats, curiosity, outside, trees, tv, weather, window, YTbird bath, ears, flowers, ginger cat, Kitty Sills, orange tabby cat, rain, red tabby catteenyperk

Sunday, September 8, 2019, 7:07 pm — Perkins … not just rain … a downpour! … for a few minutes … and a tiny tornado in Portland area across the Columbia … unusual for this area …

More Deer Cat

September 9, 2019animals, cats, curiosity, outside, trees, window, YTbird bath, bird feeder, deck, deer, ears, eyes, flowers, reflection, tuxedo catteenyperk

Wednesday, September 4, 2019, 5:55 pm — Such a lovely bird seed raider … enlarge to see reflection in her eye, seeds on her face …

Teeny Tuxedo sees … one, two … THREE deer! … (& rejuvenated butterfly bush) …

From the deck window … this little guy has “buttons” where his antlers will be …

Deer Time

September 2, 2019animals, cats, curiosity, outside, window, YTbird bath, bird feeder, deck, deer, ears, favorites, flowers, retro, tuxedo catteenyperk

Monday, August 19, 2019, 9:51 am — Just before leaving for work … when what to my wondering eyes did appear … a deer … daintily chowing down at the bird feeder … no wonder it’s been empty lately …