Birds!!

I came across some spring bird

photos

that I forgot to share with you! 

So, today...

forget that it is a bazillion degrees out there

and

go back to spring days with warm , gentle breezes with me....

A Bohemian Waxwing in the apple blossoms:

My wonderful Baltimore Oriole, who stayed here about a month and flew on to better grape jelly,  no doubt:

Wait a minute....do I have grape jelly on my BEAK????

(The waxwing refuses to look at that silly grape-smeared Baltimore Oriole beak, and opts to look out at the lake instead....)

But all that Baltimore Oriole beak-smacking broke down his willpower, so he began to munch on apple blossoms instead!:

Which immediately attracted the hungry BlueJay. Because, as everyone knows, EVERY bluejay is hungry!:

Which THEN attracted the catbird!:

I just love spring for the different varieties of birds we get in the yard...

lately it has been much quieter...

some Grackles, some sparrows, some chickadees, robins and a few hummingbirds are still here...

So!

You know what  THAT means????

To get our bird fix...

We need YOU to submit your favorite BIRD photos

into me (no later than midnight July 31st) for this month's theme

for 

the FREE PHOTO CONTEST!!!

Follow THESE  RULES!!