A few birds....but nothing new for the count!

I feel I'm neglecting my birds, but the goldfinches and pine siskins are chasing everyone else away at the moment. I've got Goldfinches in any direction you might want them.....lots of them!
The Carolina Wren sneaked in for a bit of suet.

So did the White-Breasted Nuthatch....

....which I always think has the prettiest underside tail area with that rusty color and white patches.

This Pine Siskin is a bit territorial! The Goldfinches get that way too on the niger sack.

I keep hoping for a few more birds before the count ends! I bet on November 1st all my missing regulars will decide to show up :-)

Just a bit of oak leaf color from the wetlands.

More color tomorrow and Friday.

My World Tuesday.....University of Evansville

It's Tuesday again! More of My World posts from all over the world.

I decided to feature some photos of a place in my town that is very important to me.

The University of Evansville, is the reason that I have now lived in Evansville, Indiana for the past 38 years!

The University of Evansville is a small private liberal arts school. Originally founded in the town of Moores Hill as "Moores Hill Male and Female Collegiate Institution" in 1854. It was decided that because there were no colleges near Evansville.....the 3rd largest city in Indiana...that it should be moved here and renamed "Evansville College" in 1919.

In 1967 if became the University of Evansville.

It was wonderful to visit the campus and remember how lovely everything looks there.
Statistics: 100 acre campus
Appoximately 2000-3000 students.
Very good engineering and nursing programs, well known drama department, great liberal arts education.
Oversea's campus in Grantham, England....Harlaxton College
Great atheletics program including many years of outstanding basketball teams and baseball and soccer teams.
Best known former Evansville Aces basketball player: Jerry Sloan, now coach of the Utah Jazz.

One thing that you see lots of in Indiana are limestone buildings made from Indiana limestone quarried up around Bedford. It makes for a lovely campus full of mostly old limestone buildings like the Administration Building shown here.

When I was a student here I never noticed how beautiful all these carvings are!

I couldn't believe this large unusual shaped tree was still there! I remember it from when I was a student!

The Engineering and Science Building where Mike and I both had most of our classes....he in engineering, me in biology.

And last, but not least....Neu Chapel, where we were married on the day after I graduated!

A really beautiful chapel both inside and out.
Well, that's your peek at the University of Evansville!

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Goldfinch with a "nervous" wing....

For those who might be getting bored with my water fowl close-ups, here is a little goldfinch that was so funny to watch. Everytime it landed on this feeder it didn't seem to be able to stop this "wing flutter". When it sat other places it was just fine. It was odd to see it try to eat while that wing just fluttered away.

Canada Geese....

The Mallards that I've been posting, were in the company of a large gaggle of geese.

How many geese in a gaggle?

I have no idea, but there were several dozen in this group. Some of the group
I didn't know that a goose's eyelid was white, until I saw this photo!

She closes her eyes while she is cleaning.

Goose, with side handle :-)

Pensive close-up

Snoozing....there's that white eyelid again! I wonder...do their bills get cold? Is that why they bury them in their feathers??

Headless goose! Looks a bit like a Thanksgiving turkey!

This was interesting.....she would immerse herself completely and then pop back up! It was hard to capture. I tried to crop it closer to show the water droplets more, but it loses its clarity.
OK....I promise no more water fowl for awhile unless I get really desperate for birds to post!

Squirrel Sunday.....Mission (almost) Impossible

This is Garvin......I found him at Garvin Park (clever, right?) His mission.....if he chooses to accept it.........is trying to find where he buried the acorn!

Over here??.......

......hmm, this patch of dirt looks sort of familiar.....

You know.....after a while all this dirt and leaves looks a lot alike.

I need a GPS. You people get to use them to find stuff, why not me????

I'm almost positive this is the place....

Why did I bury the stupid thing so far down????

Ah ha! .....told you! I knew where it was all the time!

Mission accomplished!

Have a wonderful Sunday, and I hope you find where all the blessings are buried!

Anne at Moseplassen has a cute "potted squirrel" today :-)

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