Fledgling mockingbird and a White Ibis

[feng_shui_house]

I'm so hot. And hungry. And tired. *flumph* Noooo energggeeeee.


Fledgling mockingbird- for some time I've been hearing them cheeping in the yard- there's a nest at the top of the orchid tree which I guess was them. Impossible to see anything but twigs. The last couple weeks though, the babies are out of the nest and being cared for by the parents all over the yard. Several times they were in a low bush where I was able to get about 5 feet away and snap away without bothering them. These are the best pics I got.





White Ibis hanging out on a lightpost down the block from me a few days ago.

Comments

[ultrapsychobrat.livejournal.com]

Oh, god, that precious little mocking bird! So cute--I especially like the first and last pics of him. Sorry it's so hot and innervating there. Our summer usually doesn't really start until July, so we have a few more weeks of mild weather--I hope.

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

Mockingbirds are such fun to watch. The babies are now not too bad at flying, so they are up in the tree where I can't get a pic.


I can't remember when it wasn't scorching. I'm now down to watering the dead/dying plants in the front on alternate days with the back, trying to keep from becoming a dust bowl.

[vjezkova.livejournal.com]

Oh,oh, beautiful pictures, I love the mockingbirds!!! This bird in a flight is fantastic!!!
Ha ha, what a cold eye the ibis threw at you...luckily he was facing you...not that other side with you standing UNDER ...you know *giggles*.
Poor you, you must be tired enormously in that heat...

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

Thank you! The young bird was practicing stretching the wings. So cute!

I love the white ibis's faces, they look so alien.

It's not yet noon, and already 99 degrees F/37.4 C. *flumph*

[jaxomsride.livejournal.com]

Aww cute fledglings