Backyard Birds

With practice I AM getting better at photographing these little hyperactive dinosaurs.  

Below, Cardinal making eye contact

 Above, Flicker.   Below, Fly Catcher

 Above, Sparrow.  Below, Robin making eye contact.

....and bathing

 Above, Junco.  Below, Mourning Dove

 Above and below, Cardinal

 Above, Common Grackle.  Below, Sparrow

Above, Grackle.  Below, Junco 

And the rest are repeats, except for the Blue Jay.

These Buds For You

Tulip Tree bud

                                                                               forsythia

Peach Tree

                                      Above, cherry tree blossoms, below, Japanese Maple leaves.

                                         Above, redbud buds, below, tulip tree blooms

                                                                              Forsythia

Spring Has Sprung In Scarritt

 A few shots from my next door neighborhood along Gladstone Boulevard, Norledge Avenue and at the Museum.

Magnolias