Great Day of Sightings!

From its perch upon a pole, a bird calls to his friends to come see the humans playing their silly games.
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I had not seen the hawks at the Veterans Home for a couple
weeks until this morning. One was close the road so I pulled over and
got a few shots.

The Red Tail was watching me 'like a hawk' as I shot through
the passenger side open window.

The light was just about perfect and I took way too many
pictures I will only post a few in different positions.
It was not raining so he must have been hunting in
the creek below to be so wet.

He turns his head to look the other way.

Each pose he looks so different from the one before.

His foot comes out .....

And then he pivots showing his red tail feathers
and off he flew.

The pole he flew to was just too far away to try for shots...
althought I must admit I took about ten. It looked like
he was preening.

I headed home to do some yard work.
The White-throated Sparrow was there to greet me.

Playing peek-a-boo in the forsythia bush.

On a previous Post I wrote about the Carolina Wren building
a nest in the top of my gas tank.
Here's an update!
I came home yesterday to a packet hanging from my door
that the gas man had filled the tank. He wasn't supposed to
come until July!!! I just knew he had
thrown out the nest and all was lost. I quickly ran around
the side of house and looked to see nothing on the ground.
I abruptly opened the cover and Mrs. Wren flew out lickety split!!
I was so upset to have scared her I closed it up and went inside.
Here she is on the side of the tank from last week's post.

The nest last week.

Tonight I got the nerve to open the lid once more and
could not see much, so I used my flash and took a couple
pictures. Imagine how happy I was when I saw eggs!!

If I count correctly - 5 eggs. Yippee!! I can't wait to see what
happens next.

Yesterday took flight, but tomorrow is waiting to be hatched.
To God be the Glory, Great things he hath done.