Petunias, verbena, and lobelia from Caleb and Maria, still blooming like anything.
Baby English sparrow on the front porch
Baby English sparrow in the lilac bush. There were four of them in the bush, and both parents were busy all day feeding them.
Male house finch and two babies
Baby house finch still flapping wings and begging for foot, even though his little beak is full of sunflower seeds the Papa house finch just crammed in there.
The next few pictures look a little foggy, because I was shooting through the front door at an angle. If I had've opened the door, those birds would've flown away before I could've gotten a single shot.
American robin on the left getting a drink. Baby sparrow on the right, inadvertently dipping a toe in...
"Aaaaaaaaaaaa!!! I'm slipping in!!!"
The robin looks on. Kids.
"Oh. Whew. Safe again."
"Aauugghh... whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa------"
"Phewwww. Perched high and dry again."
The robin continues watching, utterly disdainful.
"Maybe it's not as slippery on this side."
"This is one tricky watering trough!"
"I think I'll turn around..." (scrambles) "Brrrr! I think my tail's in the water!"
"Well, that wasn't so bad. Guess I'll give it one more--------"
"EEEEeeeeeeeeeeYIIIIIIIYIIIIIIEEEE!!!" (flap flap flap flap flap)
Again, the robin pauses mid-drink to watch the show.
Baby robin
"Hey, what's that?!"
Baby robin finds a worm! And it's a BIG one.
It was quite a fight. Pulling and tugging that thing out of the ground sat Baby Robin right back on his tail feathers.
"Any more worms over here?"
Baby sparrow retires to the safety of the lilac bush.
From the second-floor window of my quilting studio, I spotted a mourning dove on her nest in the pines.
Warbling vireo in the black locust tree
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