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Thursday, June 9, 2011

{Birds in our Garden and Update}

After a real busy day I have only a short post today. Wanted to show you two of my favorite birds that we have in our wood-garden. The Blue Bird and Cardinal. They look so exotic for us; coming from the Old World... Oh, and don't forget to visit Johanna from Silber-Rosen for her fabulous international giveaway. To the right on my blog at the top you can enter right away or by using this hyperlink. June 20 the winner will be selected!
Another fabulous giveaway from Rebecca at A Gathering Place till June 25th. Her button sits at the very top of my blog to the right; or use this hyperlink also.
The day before yesterday,  after I'd finished my post about: {YES; I was at an Yves Saint Laurent Prêt-À-Porter Show in Jakarta}, Indonesia I did figure out that I do have one more accessory from YSL. A beautiful wool scarf with fringed edging. You can see the two photos of it on my blog. Use the above hyperlink to get there. Sorry for being forgetful... but it is worthwhile seeing and I didn't want to withhold those photos.
Now back to the birds. These are photos from a PPS, I once received and I did make a Screenshot of the two I loved most. Impossible to provide you with a photo from our garden. Birds don't sit still. Blossoms already 'dance' in the wind and it's tricky enough to catch them, let alone a very shy Blue Bird learn more about them here at the North American Blue Bird Society by clicking on hyperlink.
Blue Birds are insect eaters and we do have them every year in our nesting boxes. But it is nearly impossible to see them; they're so tricky and adept at hiding their nests... Only if we sit in the gazebo for lunch or tea, we can see them forage on the lawn and fly to their nest. But knowing that they do co-exist on our property is good enough!

18 comments:

  1. Prachtig die vogels! Zie ze wel eens in de columns van Marjolein Bastin in de 'Libelle'.

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  2. Amazing photos, colors and cute bird!
    Excellent recipe, I like!
    I wish you a pleasant Thursday and send a greeting and a kisses
    :)

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  3. che meraviglia, adoro gli uccelli ...e il tuo blog. baci ady

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  4. Liebe Mariette,
    diese farbenprächtigen Vögel sind herrlich anzuschauen. So etwas sieht man bei uns nicht in der freien Natur.
    Liebe Grüße schickt
    Irmi

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  5. What a beautiful birds !!...ach het kan gewoon in het Nederlands.....geniet van een heerlijke dag liefs van mij...xxx..

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  6. Hi!!!
    Wow, marvelous birds♡♡♡
    Although i couldn't understand what you said that they were photos from a PPS you received and you made a Screenshot, you can enjoy them in your garden!!!
    Really exotic and heavenly♪♪♪

    Love and hugs, Orchid.

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  7. Dear Mariette,
    oh my, what fabulous bird photos. They are really magazin worthy, so clear and pretty and colorful. Now wonder in your exotic garden.

    Thank you so much for mentioning my Giveaway. I opened also the comment function to allow anonymous comments as fallback option for those Bloggers with comment problems.

    Best greetings and hugs, Johanna

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  8. Foto spettacolari!Beatiful nature!

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  9. What a beautiful birds Mariette. Do they sing beautiful?
    By the way do you know YSL perfume? You know I use one of his, it's called Parisienne, a very light and delightful smell.

    Have a nice evening,

    Janny.

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  10. Lieve Mariette,

    Wat een bijzondere vogels hebben jullie in Georgia in de tuin. Veel kleurrijker dan onze Hollandse vogels.

    Een gezellige dag!

    Lieve groet, Madelief x

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  11. Goedenavond Mariette,

    Wat een prachtige vogels. Zoals jij wel weet zie je die hier bij ons niet.
    Écht héél exotisch.
    Schitterende kleuren én....je hebt ze heel mooi gefotografeerd. Mijn complimenten hoor!!
    Lieve groetjes, Elly

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  12. You are very priviliged to have such beauties in your garden, almost birds of paradise with all those colours!!

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  13. Wow, that's why yours is a certificated backayard wildlife habitat: amazing pics, fantastic colors, gorgeous post. Have fun dearest Mariette!

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  14. Internet is going very slow so photos are not downloading all the way. I stopped by to say hi and will check back tomorrow morning when things should go much faster. Best wishes, Tammy

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  15. Dear Mariette,

    The birds are magnificent and what gorgeous bright colours and must be so lovely to have them in your garden.
    Interesting how the male birds are always the bright colours and the female browns and dull colours.
    Your YSL paisley scarf is wonderful,I took a look, thanks for showing us.

    Hope that you have a happy weekend
    Hugs
    Carolyn

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  16. Hi,again my dearest Mariette!!!
    Oh,"Power Point Slideshow" I chose PC without power point as I don't need it. Yes, those abbreviations seems millions for me(^^;)

    Oh, how sweet of you to teach me again♪ Thanks a lot for your kindness♡♡♡
    Wish you Lovely TGIF tomorrow, haha. Orchid.

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  17. Liebe Mariette,das sind so wunderschöne Vögel !!Das die bei euch einfach draußen so fliegen .Bei uns sind die Vögel doch eher unauffällig man muss schon Glück haben mal einen bunteren zu sehen .(Eichelhäher)LG Ina

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  18. Beautiful!! How wonderful to have these fine feathered friends living in your garden. Very pretty!
    xo Catherine

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