To my friends: A really quick post to let you know I am still here! I am still reading, rating, and commenting, and need something new in this spot. You all know I am not here as a writer - so here is my placeholder.
I have been following everyone's weather woes assiduously, and I empathize! Bird pictures seem to be appreciated, so are some from my front yard this past week - which I watch through my open window while I work (or suf OS instead).
The ibis come by around lunchtime. They meander purposely from one lawn to the next hunt-pecking bugs out of the lawns.
These guys and gals are pissed because I am standing in my driveway and they have to walk in the road to go around my yard.
Look closely at the third from the left in the next photo. Is /he/she flipping me a bird? Or have I found my new avatar?
I haven't looked this up yet but I think it's a small pelican-type bird on the car next door.
5 PM is happy hour for a huge flock of some anonymous black-bird type flock ( in Tx they were grackles, not sure what these are). They are loud and raucous and move swiftly - someday I will catch them in a photo on the ground. They line 10-12 house around as seen below and swoop in and out of the front yards while making a never-ending ruckus. I can feel the WHIRRRRR I hear when they alight aand depart as a group.
There are more, but I just started my new hobby this week.
This morning, one of the neighborhood ducks followed me like a puppy dog up the driveway to the front door. Unfortunately, I was attacked by a duck as a very young child at the torture haven they called "the duck pond" and I am still leery of ducks.
I hope this was fun!
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Cool having Ibis in your front yard--wish I could get some to come clear out the scorpions (still in Texas).