Food

Caught carp.   7 lbs.   Got thrown back in the lake after photo op.

Across the way heron was fishing.

Caught  a bass.

Held onto bass for two minutes before positioning it for gulp.

Looking for nesting materials, not food.

Food for me. Street Fair style.

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"Play" time

Mixing it up. Play?  Hormones?  Mutt and Jeff?   This went on for a while.

They ran off into the brush before I could sort out  he/she or he/he,   hee hee.

In between the rain drops

As long as there are pink buds I have to stop and watch.

                                            Dancing magnolia warbler.  A bit of peek-a-boo.

Op art, mallard abstract.

Common yellow throat

Never saw a wet redstart before

Mmmmm, wet soil makes the worming easy. This was another one-second meal.

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Cotoneaster

There's a certain rightness when the pink blossoms appear. I need to see this. It warms my soul.  I even saw a hummer sipping the buds way in the back of the patch.  The only bird I didn't see this time was the rosebreasted grosbeak. It also likes the cotoneaster.  I suspect I missed its visit.

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