What my kids got me for my birthday. Do they know and love me or what? :)

Downy woodpecker braves today's blizzard for some peanuts.

M's Japanese snow serpent. A little more intricate than a snowman!

Snow continuing...& expected for the next 3 days!

N celebrates his 13th birthday @ his favorite Mexican restaurant.

N wondered why his socks were getting wet...

M's punky snowmen.

Monster starling flock flying past my office window. Hitchcock lives!

B is overwhelmed by the choice in pumpkins.

M feeds a pair of lovely calves at the corn maze's petting farm.

A goat checks B out at the corn maze's petting farm.

B picks up a souvenir in the corn maze.

M and B make their way through the corn maze.

N leads JTR and B through the corn maze.

JTR runs through the corn maze.

JTR with a friend at the local corn maze.

Another mystery bird. Tree swallow? Kingbird? Bird lovers, please help identify this!

Bird lovers, can you identify this mystery bird for me? Not in my state's bird book.

Red-breasted nuthatch mooning us, 10-18-09.

Blue jay enjoying a peanut, 10-20-09.