Birds in the Yard

 Hello friends.

This morning Dakota and I sat out on the

deck, it was a nice 71 cool degrees after

a night of storms and rain. The birds were

singing and flying around and it was

so peaceful.

In the pic above I am standing on the

deck looking into my Crepe Myrtle

at the bird house I hung a couple

months ago. I had been sitting there

listening to this one bird that

I was not sure what it was and

was not sure where it was

coming from. Then I saw her, on the

branch next to the bird house and

she was loud! She would speak out

and another bird, same talk as her

would speak up from in the

trees on the creek.

I then realized where that noise was

coming from....her and him.

Then I realized why. She flew from

branch to branch checking things

out before flying onto the bird house.

And then I realized I heard babies

too. I watched him and her

do this for a long time.

Such a pleasure.

Here is mom. Waiting, looking

and checking things out.

Then over to the house she went.

While watching them I realized

up above my head was

a  pair of male and female

red birds.

Beautiful.

Dakota and I headed to moms

and sat on her deck for a bit.

A week ago mom had a pair of

blue birds that had hatched their

babies in the birdhouse

below.

(sorry, back shot of the house)

Once the babies flew away, mom

and dad were gone also.

Mom and I sat on her deck and

discussed that no other birds

had moved in yet.

For years now, one set would move

out and another would move

in.

Mom went in and while I sat

there I saw movement

at the bird house.

A wren had gone inside and

had proceeded to take up

"cleaning house"!!

While inside I would see it

stick its head out and drop

something to the ground. I

noticed then that it was throwing

feathers out!

I sat in shock as I watched the

wren continue to clean

the bird house out!

I busted out laughing and

got some funny looks

from the dogs!

So funny, never knew that

a bird would clean house!

Thanks for stopping in for a visit,