Birdie Buddies

It's no secret that I love the bird life around my little piece of earth, and that I try to keep the camera ready at all times because birds have a VERY active social life and are constantly on the move.  I can walk past a window and there sits a cardinal at the feeder, as red and shiny as a bottle of nail polish.  Or on another window ledge sits the impishly cute Tufted Titmouse who watches for me to bring out the peanuts.  And then at another feeder, the tiny Handsome Chicadee flits in, grabs a seed and flits out so fast that it is almost impossible to get a photo shot that is not a picture of the air where he just was!!

However, I try my best...and sometimes end up with an enjoyable photo...

 

 May day!!  May day!!

Coming in too fast...rudder stuck...save yourselves!!

Can't a bird stuff himself in peace around here??

Yes, my head comes to a point, what of it?? 

I'm a little house wren.

I'm a nervous wreck.

I search for bugs here, there, everywhere.......

OH, these are seeds.

I'm such a dope.

And she's got a picture of it.

I'm watching you watching me.

That peanut down there on the left??

MINE.

Now, take the picture so I can eat. 

Tufted Titmouse

WAIT!!  Don't fly away....

Oh, but if you let me have a gorgeous wing-fan shot, then OK!

Note: Female Cardinals like this one don't get the attention they deserve,

their colors are subtle and lovely.

You shouldn't need to be Fire Engine Red to get ALL the attention!!

Enjoy the day  :o)

Spring Sprang Soon!

Oh dear, here it is nearly May and I wanted to show what was happening back in March around our little corner of the world, a time when our plants should have been just considering the idea of Spring...but instead were budding and blooming all over!! 

Hey, wait just one goll-darn minute..it's my blog and if I want to pretend it's still March, well then I will!!

You see, warm weather arrived early this year (last year we had record snowfalls for the South!) and since there was no early frost, our plants showed out with some spectacular blooms and beginning fruitlings!!  

The Azalea Bush pictured from inside the front room window...

And from the outside...
That is one BIG AZALEA bush!!

See the raindrops on the petals!

Dogwood Tree in our front yard.

Dogwood Tree at my folks house...

The Fringe Tree
It really seems to glow in the morning sun!

The Fig Tree-
Already finished blooming...

Pre-Figs on the Fig Tree!

The Real Pear Tree, named not because we have fake trees stashed
around the yard, but because we DO have a Blooming Pear Tree
which doesn't give edible REAL pears.

Yup, Pre-Pears on the Pear Tree

 

The snowball bush beginning to create green snowballs...

Whoops!!  Now the plant remembers that snow is WHITE

and begins making the adjustment.

Smart bush.

And at my parent's house, the azalea bushes are Showing Off!

And this one was a lucky shot of a large, happy bumble bee!

 OK, it has to be said and I'm sayin' it...
What a Bee-utiful Time of the Year!