...don't always just flock together.
I noticed the robins and the cedar waxwings liked to hang out in the same trees.
Sometimes the robins flew solo, though.
“The robin flew from his swinging spray of ivy on to the top
of the wall and he opened his beak and sang a loud, lovely trill, merely to
show off. Nothing in the world is quite as adorably lovely as a robin when he
shows off - and they are nearly always doing it.”
― Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden
Wrens have always been one of my favorites, and not just because they love to eat the insects around the house.
They are just so chubby and cute.
"Who you calling 'chubby'?"
A splash of cardinal red always brightens a gray day.
Add the backdrop of a blue sky and even the memory of a gray day disappears.
Sparrows aren't afraid of anything.
This one seems to be daring me to come closer.
It was pure luck that I came upon this couple in February,
and even more luck that I was able to snap their photo.
I was trying to get closer to the waxwings, and there these two were, right on my path.
I'm guessing they are a type of goldfinch.
(I'm grateful I have blog friends who will correct me if I'm wrong!)
“The reason birds can fly and we can't is simply because
they have perfect faith, for to have faith is to have wings.”
― J.M. Barrie
