Sleeping baby Blue Birds

I finally got that picture of those Blue birds, caught them sleeping away even though Sonny was cleaning off the porch and moving stuff all around. Lucky I didn't get dive-bombed by the parents, though I kept an eye out. Sonny said he wouldn't help me if I got brained by a bird.

Found this strange little bug with wings on the siding. Lacy wings.

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Yukka Plants blooming, a new garden plot and rose

Wild Yukka's are everywhere.

This one go so heavy with blossoms it fell over

Another Garden Spot

A New Rose

Sorry for the rogue posts yesterday, I forgot to make a setting change when posting info to Internet-Women.net :)

Birds Take Flight

I was cleaning up the deck the other day, feeding the stray girls their kitty food and happen to catch the little bird nested on the shelf on the back porch, learning to fly! They were taking their first flights. Flying to the railing, then to the ground and back up again. Back and forth they flew from nest to tree limb nearby. It was a real joy to watch!

I was able to catch a few when they came back to the nest and as they were about to take off again.

I can't get close enough to the blue birds to get them... but babies aren't born yet...

In other news... it is a very nice thing to have hot water in the house. It is even nicer to have a little cold air too. Sure makes the inside work much easier to do when you aren't sweaty and dusty... drywall cakes in strange places :)

The garden is growing wild! Tomato plants are as tall as I am. Tons of tomatoes will be ripe next week. Salsa anyone?

More Roses

New birds and Blue birds

New birds, Blue birds, my house is a bird santuary.

Momma Bird all nested behind the tool pouch which sits on a shelf we have on the back porch. Needless to say we have stayed away from the shelf as much as possible. Today I went out to check and she has at least 5 little birds in the nest with her.

I had to zoom in so I didn't get too close.

We bought some suet for them yesterday, and hung it in a tree near by.

We also have a family of Blue birds that tried to build a nest on the post tops in the front of the house, though there was only a few inches at most for them to sit. Sonny bought some birdhouses from a guy locally and mounted them on the posts so the birds could use them. I gathered up the pine needles they were using and had dropped from the posts and stuffed them in the mouth of the house. Same day, that Blue bird couple moved right in and now are nesting. I haven't yet been able to catch them with my camera, but I will before they are done.

I have to keep the stray little cats away, so far they have not bothered the birds on the shelf, but Fluffy has noticed the Blue birds a few times and I've chased her away. Darkling sits on one of the bar chairs and sleeps, so I guess she doesn't mind them being there. I keeps watch.