Cathing Up

It has been one of those weeks. A week of conference calls, tight deadlines, car trouble and exhaustion. As a result I did very little birding, photography or blogging. I was able to get a decent shot of the hairy woodpecker?? though. My bird feeding station has been very quiet the past week which I am happy about because I had that sick bird. The weather is starting to get nicer and the birds are out and about instead of in my yard. I hear them when I wake up in the morning and their song is much different than last week. I hear the spring time songs and my heart soars. I even hear the robins who nested in my neighbors yard last year so I am very happy about that.

The red winged blackbirds are more visible as well. I have been trying to get decent photos of them before they start their nesting which is when I will leave them alone. I remember last year if I went over there during nesting time they would attempt to dive bomb me so have learned my lesson well. ;o)

You may be asking what would cause me to take a photo of pigeons. I have an answer!! You see, I was in a 4 hour conference call yesterday and was stir crazy alone in my office. The pigeons kept flying past my office window which gave me an idea. Hmmmmmm. I wonder how birds in flight would look at this angle. I put the call on mute and then click, click, click, click. Here is my answer.

The Peregrine Falcon's have been around all week too. The female has been spending most of her time at the nesting site and the male wonders about. I went up to the spot where they sometimes perch to see if I could get some closeups, but they wouldn't cooperate with me this week.

Anyhow, I will post more this weekend. Time to go back to work now.