Of all the birds who visit our garden, I think the hummingbird is my favorite. He buzzes around the garden like a bee. His petite size belies his alpha bird personality–for a tiny bird, he is fierce and determined. During the winter months I miss some of my feathered friends, who packed their tiny bags […]
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Birds for Maya
A free bird leaps on the back of the wind and floats downstream till the current ends and dips his wing in the orange suns rays and dares to claim the sky. Maya Angelou, poet and author (1928-2014) A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because […]
Hummingbird don’t fly away
Hummingbird don’t fly away, fly away. Hummingbird don’t fly away, fly away. In you I’ve found a fragrance. I’ll love you ’til I die. I just love you, love you, love you. I don’t even know the reason why. Hummingbird don’t fly away, fly away. Hummingbird don’t fly away, fly away. ~Seals and Crofts
Birds in autumn leaves
The red-breast whistles from a garden-croft; And gathering swallows twitter in the skies. ~John Keats, To Autumn.
Bird Nerd
I spend a lot of time watching the birds in our yard. And, I spend a lot of time taking their pictures. Finch in the Borage Nice ‘do’ Mr. Robin Hummingbird nibbling Young speckled robin and reflection “Huh, what?” Birds in flight “How’s this for my close-up?”