4/20/19

Today started off good, with spotting a Mockingbird pecking in the grass in my yard, then moments later while washing dishes I spotted a female House sparrow take a piece of lint off the ground, then discarding it. I suppose it wasn't deemed good enough for her nest, wherever it may be. I can't help but wonder if it has to do with the male House Sparrow I saw disappearing into the loose shed roof in my neighbors yard yesterday, carrying a bundle of dried grass.

I found out I have a species in the Oxalis family behind our oak tree. How cool is that? It didn't take long for me to become bored holed up in my room on spring break so I decided i'd grab my camera and walk around the neighborhood. First I saw a beautiful mockingbird perched on a cable wire. A lady walking too nearby was probably wondering what on earth I was doing. I stopped under the shade of a large tree to see if the cracked bark was hiding anything interesting. Nothing I could see today. Except of course the massive fire ant pile nearby. Now, this was exciting. I got photos of a Blue Jay.

Blue Jays are hard to photograph because i've noticed they like to hide in dense brush or amongst the trees. i saw one through the low hanging branch of a random person yard. Perfect! This was the second time I ever got to photograph a blue jay. I made sure to stop at a ditch which is known to have some cool stuff living in it. First thing that caught my eye was a (assumed) female Blue Dasher. It was so close I got amazing photos of it. I turned my attention towards the water, more importantly, the small fish i'd always see in it. I thought they were minnows but upon posting here they're actually a kind of Mosquitofish. I'm having trouble figuring out if its an Eastern or a Western though as i'm certainly not an expert in fish. I'm unsure how they got there, they ditch runs a ways into the woods but as far as I know the woods ends pretty abruptly. Other than that I took some photos of other flowers I do not know, finished the lap and went home tired.Tomorrow I can go back out for more.

Posted on April 20, 2019 09:09 PM by