Sunday, April 29, 2012

A Good Morning For Birdwatching!

Started off like a regular morning.... just looking out the window at the mulberry tree to see what might come by for a visit. Murphy is his usual alert self. Ronan was a little bit sleepy. That was about to change!

What was that flash of red?? Ronan snapped to attention!!!

That bird would grab a berry and fly off, then zip right back into the branches! I was trying to get a photograph through the window screen, but the cats kept blocking me! Had eight of them pushing and nudging each other so they could get a good view!! I should have just taken pictures of them! Then its mate showed up. Then another, different red colored bird showed up! Then a Baltimore Oriole flew in too! What a field day for the cats!

Never got a great picture of it, but this is definitely a Scarlet Tanager!!! And I looked up the solid red one too. It was a Summer Tanager. I don't ever remember seeing one of those before. It was gorgeous!
What a great morning for watching the birds!

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