Two week's of Sunday's

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



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



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.



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. 



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



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.



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



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



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

December of 2015 beginning

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



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



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



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.



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



He or she is foraging in the bittersweet vines.



Another shot of the last tree with colorful leaves.



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



I think the bird below is a starling.



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



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



The sparrows and juncos tend to blend into the deck.



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



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.



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