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Sunday, December 13, 2015

Two week's of Sunday's

Sunday December 6 was seasonal with a chilly start to the day.

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I am fascinated by bird bath ice, in and out of the bath, although I know it's no fun for the birds.

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When there aren't very many birds visible in my backyard I can usually find a hawk keeping guard from the trees and making some other birds stay out of site.

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The camellia below surprised me as I photographed it the same day as my bird bath was making ice and my camellia sets buds in the winter and blooms in the spring. Confused bush. 

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The rest of these shots were taken today, Sunday December 13 which was a spring weather day.

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We walked at Falls Lake (Blue Jay Point - Wake County Park) and I was able to take my light jacket off half way through the walk.

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The warmer weather is going to last well into the upcoming week.

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It's kind of nice to have a few days here and there that are more like spring than winter.

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There were a lot of people taking advantage of that at the park.

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Saturday, December 5, 2015

December of 2015 beginning

Not quite a banana shape but that's what the moon reminded me of.

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Beginning to have some ice to clear out of the bird baths.

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Before I dumped the bird bath ice and leaves out, it look like saran wrap.

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The leaves have fallen from almost all the trees but this one in my neighbor's yard is always the last to change and let go.

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I need to clean the panes on my door but the bluebird is a beauty in spite of the surrounding smudges.

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He or she is foraging in the bittersweet vines.

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Another shot of the last tree with colorful leaves.

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Below the cardinal and sparrow are facing each other across the bird bath and at the bottom of the shot is a blurry junco.

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I think the bird below is a starling.

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I usually don't see juncos except in the fall and winter.

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I like the reflections in the bird's water saucer the sparrow is perched on.

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The sparrows and juncos tend to blend into the deck.

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The male cardinal was turning his nose (beak) up at me.

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The reflections make it look like there's a lot of green but that's just from the bittersweet vine leaves that haven't all dropped off yet.

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I think the junco below is a male and the junco earlier in this post was a female.

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