THIS LITTLE FARM BOY IS BACK ON HIS SWING FOR ANOTHER SEASON
It's been another loooooong cold & wet wind driven rainy day again. Not nice!!
Had a couple possible ID's on yesterday's unknown brown bird in our front yard. A female Junco or a female Cowbird? While at the computer this morning I saw a male Cowbird land on the nearest feeder. He was soon joined by the unknown brown bird & moments later they both flew off up into the trees together so I'm guessing that JUDY is spot on with her identification of a female Cowbird. Kelly spotted a blue looking bird in one of the shrubs this morning & later I was able to get a few pics of it on the ground under the feeders. The closest bird we could find in our book that 'sort of' resembled this little fellow was an Eastern Bluebird so once again we'll have to wait for our knowledgeable bird people's opinion.
INDIGO BUNTING
Had to slip into the small town of Clinton this morning which is only 10 minute drive for us to pick up a few groceries. On the way back it was raining pretty good so I was surprised to come upon a long line of maybe a couple hundred high school kids walking west along the shoulder of the road. Must have been some kind of organized walk going on. Maybe a walk for cancer or something. I had the heater on in the van but couldn't help but notice a lot of these walking kids were in shorts with clear plastic bags pulled over their upper bodies as protection from the cold rain. Aw yes, those difficult teen age years eh!! Looking back, I think that era bring back some of my best, & poorest memories.
EITHER A LOT OF KIDS GOT KICKED OUT OF SCHOOL TODAY OR THEY ARE WALKING FOR A 'CAUSE' OF SOME SORT
These recent long days of bad weather nothingness sure have been mentally difficult to positively navigate through. I'm still hoping to pull a rabbit out of the hat & get myself motivated & interested in something worthwhile & challenging. I just may have to take up basket weaving after all....... Oh, the humility of it all.
SQUIRREL SHENANIGANS IN A SMALL CEDAR TREE THIS MORNING >>>>
GROANER'S CORNER:((
George Burns once said,
"The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending........and to have the two as close together as possible" (Amen to that for sure!!!!!!!!!!)
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We are only able to comment on anyone's blog on Internet Explorer...not Mozilla...Thanks for the input on today's blog...Maybe we can all get the same floor in the mental ward..!
ReplyDeleteWe are only able to leave comments on Internet Explorer...not Mozilla...Thanks for the comment on our blog...Maybe we can all be on the same floor of the nursing home...
ReplyDeleteMaybe it's the alignment of the stars or something like that, but I am in the same boat - can't think of anything to write. And the only bird that visits is a hummingbird, which I can't see clearly enough to ID! It's too quick to get a photo.
ReplyDeleteHang in there, good times are ahead.
OK, today's mystery bird is an Indigo Bunting. It is probably a second year male (meaning it hatched last summer). If it were an older male, there wouldn't be those scattering of brown feathers on it's back and chest. The female of this species is another one of those confusing little brown birds. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm with you, Al. I've had it with the wet, dreary, cold weather!
At least you've got photography to keep you motivated during nasty weather. Just think what it would be like if you didn't have pictures to play with and your blog to think about? The weather's bound to improve soon, heck it's almost summer!
ReplyDeleteDon't like wet dreary cold weather? C'mon down to Benson, AZ. We'll have mid 80's today, quite comfortable. Next week we expect the high 80's, perhaps low 90's. But humidity is in the teens, so ... "It's a dry heat!"
ReplyDeleteBut you won't see any second year Indigo Buntings here. Maybe a roadrunner, lots of Gambel's quail and some runny-babbits. Even the occasional javelina or rattlesnake.
Watch your step, pardner!
OK Al, I'll keep my sermon beginning as close to the end as possible. Amen, have a good day.
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