Close Encounter

While standing beside my bird feeder with my camera trying to take a picture of a hummingbird, I was surprised to see this finch (?) eating sunflower seeds without any concern that I was very close. I believe it is a young bird that has not yet learned to be afraid of humans.

Flowers July 5, 2009

Raindrops on canna lily leaves

Butterfly bush - purple in front and white in back

Plumbago

Collage of Zinnias

Butterfly weed

Butterfly weed buds

Spring brings new birth

July 2 ... For a couple of days the young bluebirds have been peeping out of the house and chirping. I believe they are about to fledge. Hope I get to see it.

On July 4 while sitting on the deck having coffee at 6:15 am,

I was lucky enough to see this bluebird as he made his first flight into the "real world".

I discovered these cardinal eggs in a leyland cypress

when I saw the birds going into the trees. I have a row

of cypresses and it is a favorite place for nesting and

roosting for many birds. I just happend to look out the window and this young

robin was sitting on the porch. I took the picture through

the window.

Cardinals nesting in a cedar tree at the edge of my yard