Hello,
Wednesday evening Leroy took refuse
out to the compost, rushed back in the house looking for the camera, and
exclaiming, “There is a baby bird on the porch.”
I had to see it too. It was sitting
there watching us when we came back. “Did you walk by it and open the gate
without seeing it?” I wondered.
The gate is only about a foot from
where it was sitting. Leroy had done just that and the bird did not fly. As we
were speaking the wind blew the gate shut with a furious bang and that young
bird just jerked a bit before it settled into a state of constant watchfulness.
Using the zoom on the camera allows us
to get a good close up, but a tripod is needed to keep out the jiggles. I asked
Leroy if I could use his shoulder and he volunteered his head. Our landlady was
quite amused, but we got some good pictures.
As we were standing there we noticed
an adult robin hovering around in the trees and the roof edge. After going into
the porch I chanced to take another look and just caught mom or dad robin fly
in and drop food into the open mouth that closed greedily and gulped.
What a wonderful thing to see all
this. Better than much entertainment, especially some movies that are
considered by some to be hilarious and I do not even smile.
Here are some of the pictures so you
can see this adolescent.
Paula
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