Speaking Of Birds
I’ll end April with this photo – inspired by SK’s mention of Cedar Waxwings.
One thing I noticed when I lived back east is that the birds seem more colorful in general. Perhaps the environment is more varied than out here. We have colorful birds – Western Tanagers and Lazuli Buntings come to mind, but most seem to be colored for camouflage in dry environments.
One of the birds I watched in Virginia were the Eastern Bluebirds. I got this one sitting on a fence in our yard in Virginia.
We get all kinds of colorful birds up here in northern Michigan, especially when Spring comes around. Still waiting for many to arrive. Here’s a photo from last August of what we call a ghost turkey that wanders around our neck of the woods.
Turns out I may end up visiting the Gaylord region come mid-August. (I’ll have to stack about 2 weeks of posts ahead of time). If memory serves well – and it may not – I recall wintergreen and low-bush blueberries being ripe that time of year up there.
Here’s another photo of the Pileateds that come by every day to hit my homemade suet feeder. That photo is from April 10.