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Spotted Towhee in the basket willows

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Spotted Towhee in the basket willows

Spotted Towhee in the basket willows

November 5, 2013 by Steve Lospalluto

Posted in Birds on the farm Tagged towhee

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Willow Baskets by Katherine Lewis

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Dark-eyed Junco in the basketry willows
Northern Flicker eating apple in the orchard
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Anna’s Hummingbird perched in pear tree

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We had sun and cold temperatures last week which m

We had sun and cold temperatures last week which made for some pretty willow in the field. First two photos are taken from a ladder. Some varieties are still hanging on to leaves though most have fallen. No rush to harvest here.
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Some recent farm bird photos. 1) Black-capped Chic

Some recent farm bird photos. 1) Black-capped Chickadee puffed out on a cold morning. 2) Anna’s Hummingbird eating (licking?) an apple. They feed on apples that other birds have opened up. 3) Steller’s Jay in a willow structure. 4) Bushtit finding some aphids on a willow. 5) Barred Owl at dusk. 6) Barred Owl during the daytime.
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The willow leaves are slowing turning mostly yello

The willow leaves are slowing turning mostly yellow and dropping revealing the colorful rods. The leaves aren’t the ‘showiest’ but a willow coppice is quite beautiful especially with a mix of varieties.
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#basketrywillows #willowcoppice #salix #dunbargardens #farmtobasket #skagitvalley #skagitgrown #willowfarm

This American Tree Sparrow stopped by the farm not

This American Tree Sparrow stopped by the farm not long ago. Although it is a common winter bird in much of the country it is rare here on the west coast. Despite the name they spend much of their time foraging down on the ground. This one seen briefly perched on a Salix daphnoides rod in one of my weedy willow patches.
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Packing up two large Irish potato baskets and an u

Packing up two large Irish potato baskets and an umbrella basket made to order for a customer’s new home in Tennessee.
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#willowbaskets #willowbasketmaker #katherinelewis #dunbargardens #farmtobasket #skagitvalley #skagitmade #basketry #nbomember #nwdesignercraftartists

Happy Owloween! Barn Owl photos from a few years b

Happy Owloween!
Barn Owl photos from a few years back. They use to be an occasional visitor to our barn though it’s a little too small for them to be comfortable roosting there.
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#birdsonthefarm #dunbargardens #skagitvalley #barnowl

Flashback to a pair of nice openwork willow basket

Flashback to a pair of nice openwork willow baskets that Katherine made about five years ago.
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Downy Woodpeckers are a small woodpecker that are

Downy Woodpeckers are a small woodpecker that are year round residents in our area. I managed to get a photo of a female near my rain gauge (photos 1 & 2). I also noticed two females acting aggressively toward each other last week (photos 3 & 4). They circled around the top of the old light pole in the yard lunging at each other and fanning their feathers. If you look at the photos, you’ll notice differences between the two as apparently there are several subspecies of Downy Woodpecker in Washington.
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#birdsonthefarm #downywoodpecker #dunbargardens #skagitvalley

I was surprised to see these giant willow bark aph

I was surprised to see these giant willow bark aphids yesterday. Though perhaps I should be surprised that I haven’t seen more considering how dry it’s been. The first two photos are from a coppiced Salix purpurea plant on the end of a row. There were a few rods that had some clusters of aphids. Then I went looking around various willows and only found one cluster of some that looked a bit older on an unpruned Salix acutifolia shown in the third photo. Always something fascinating to observe in the willows.
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#basketrywillows #salix #giantwillowaphid

Some storage baskets Katherine recently made for c

Some storage baskets Katherine recently made for customers with a small home on nearby Whidbey Island.
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