My azalea bush is close to eating my mail box as you can see on the right hand side of the shot.
The mockingbird keeps an eye on me when I check my mail box because it has a nest deep within the bush.
The dogwood is the state flower of North Carolina.
In the lower part of the shot below is a male cardinal which is the state bird of NC. The top bath has a bluejay and on the right is an American Robin.
I love how soft the bluejays feathers are after a bath and primping.
Sunday morning was a perfect day for walking at Shelley Lake.
We started walking along the creek that feeds into the lake.
I love the way the Canadian Geese look when they bend their long necks.
I could hear more geese and ducks than I saw because this time of the year they tend to go to protected spots and spend less time on the wide part of the lake.
Some of the trees are covered in wisteria.
It looks like the duck is on mud but it's really on the part of the water that's covered in pollen.
If you look near the top of the next shot you can see the pollen film on the edge of the water.
It looks quiet on the lake but I could hear the noisy geese and ducks that had their own protected spots along the creek beds feeding into the lake.
