This is Max The Youngest Blue Jay. I know because he has two identically-shaped white tips on both tail feathers. I was in my air conditioned office and Max was in the 100-degree heat. When the birds pant, it's hot.
This is Rudy The Purple Finch. He is the only one of the finches to have the moxy to run the bully blue jays off the playground. But yesterday, even he was begging to come inside in the AC.
Today I might have to close the blinds so I don't have to see all the bird sweating and panting going on out there.
It is June, almost summer, and my yard is becoming a haven for all sorts of creatures as I contemplate a Koi pond in the not too distant future. Mosquito control until the bats all get moved in. I just noticed a couple of days ago that my blooming thick butterfly garden has become a home for fireflies, and it is quite a sight to see them all wake up, stretch, start test-blinking before taking off, then all take to the back yard where they spend a few hours blinking and gossiping: "Hey, Blinks, did you hear that Myra got her bulb changed at one of those fancy genetic places? I mean, give me a break...look at her out there blinking like a headlight! Please! Sigh."
And so the natural world goes in my back yard. I am starting to like my bugs almost as much as my people...but don't worry...my people will always come first. Just do not step on a firefly or pull it's light off to give me reason to ban you! :0)
Cardinals?
ReplyDeleteIt's cool that they have names, but I can imagine it's hard to get much work done looking out this window at your wonderful yard.
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