Progress report

 

 

Los tres amigos.

 

The Firebush

 

The Lantana

 

And the Esperanza.

 

All recovering nicely from their winter stress.

 

 

Northern Parula

 

 

 

 

Range map.  Where it winters.  Where it summers.  I forgot to include it.

 

 

An eastern bird.  We’re westerners, so we never saw it before we got here into this eastern tip of Texas.

 

 

Here is one for the summer tanager too.

 

A southern bird.  It doesn’t make it to Colorado or the west coast, so we never saw it before either.

 

 

 

 

Jury Selection

 

 

It is reported from inside the courtroom that Trump may have dozed off a little during jury selection today.  The chin may have hit the chest a time or two.  That’s unfortunate for someone who refers to his opponent as Sleepy Joe, but here’s the deal.  Having sat through oh so many in-person afternoon continuing education classes, while a presenter stood at the head of the room, reading tax code or government regulations to us in a monotone without ever looking up to make eye contact, I too have been the victim of the afternoon slump.  In that regard, I understand the pain of the ex-president.  Mandatory attendance for an excruciatingly slow process, in the afternoon.

 

 

There is a northern parula in the center of this photo

 

 

 

It’s a tiny little migrant.  Kind of blue-gray, yellow throat, green back, wing-bars.

 

 

 

Northern Parula.

 

Can you spot the

 

 

Puppy in the bedding?

 

 

It’s Henry!

 

He’s still a goofball.

 

Summer Tanager

 

 

 

 

A migrant; just passing through.

 

Never giving up!