Last summer I was blessed to have this little 'run in' with a male Common Yellowthroat...it was so close I could not believe my eyes! Funny how these birds each have their own personalities...some are shy and some are 'in your face' - and much of it...

Well, I certainly have been out of the 'blog mode' as of late...and it is fast approaching mid November - wow! My white-crowned sparrow is back and I was delighted to seem him outside my window... He stayed for only a few seconds... and he was off to...

And I actually think that I know this guy...since I see he and his mother and his siblings a lot... They of course are stand-offish ;-) But they hang out in the same place all the time and I think he might remember me and my car and my camera from last...

I was so happy to see the sun when I got up this morning! The bluebirds were flitting around the nest boxes (as they always do when the sun comes out after several dismal days). Just as I stopped to watch the bluebirds play -- this little warbler...

definition of funk–noun 2. a dejected mood: He's been in a funk ever since she walked out on him. Well...no one walked out on me ;-) but I sure am in a funk -- haha... maybe it's too many football games or just no birds to be easily seen...