Happy Holidays from Kenn & Kim

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From "Home for the Holidays", Kenn & Kim write: Please accept some of our favorite nature photos as our gift to you this holiday season.


Blue-footed Booby feet




Clay-colored Sparrow




Sharp-shinned Hawk





Cardinal Flower




A tiny seed that looks like a ballerina




Connecticut Warbler








A lovely American Goldfinch nest



Pied-billed Grebe




Blackburnian Warbler




Blue Cohosh




IO Moth


Cape May Warbler


Wishing you peace and joy this holiday season ~ and always,

Kenn & Kim








Comments

  1. WendyDecember 25, 2008 at 11:02 AM

    Thank you for sharing these beautiful photographs. I love the blue feet, and that eye ring on the warbler is incredible!

    Thanks for blogging and giving the world one more way to enjoy nature.

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  2. KyleDecember 26, 2008 at 1:28 PM

    Wonderful photos, K&K! I hope y'all had a great Christmas and are out in nature somewhere enjoying the holiday weekend!

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  3. Janet Creamer MartinDecember 26, 2008 at 10:55 PM

    Great photos! Hope you had a wonderful Christmas!

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  4. Jason KesslerDecember 27, 2008 at 11:30 AM

    Astounding pix. Thanks!

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