Monday, April 29, 2013

April 29, 2013 - Backyard Birds

Robin, near the nest

Magpie, finding food for chicks

Late afternoon, from the front deck

This morning I had a little bit of time outside, after finishing an early PT session and doing a bit of grocery shopping, a bit of house cleaning, etc.  I noticed a pair of mourning doves out back...but they flew off as soon as I opened the door.  As I wandered out to the back yard, a pair of killdeer flew out of the vegetable garden.  The robins were staying close - they have at least one nest in the spirea shrubs.  The same with the magpies - they were their usual wary selves, but they were busy finding food for the youngsters they have in a spruce tree out front.
 
Mid-afternoon I picked up a friend who is here to visit for a week.  She had a serious accident, right after mine.  She is also healing much better than I am.  (As she points out, she didn't require any bones to be repaired.)  She brought with her Cruiser, her black lab ambassador dog.  We love Cruiser - obviously, as an ambassador service dog, he's well behaved - but he also loves to snuggle when out of harness, and loves to play.  Two nights from now, he and granddog Patton will meet.  That should be fun!  I'll try to get photos...

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