Bird Dog On Duty

This is another post about birds, "dove"-tailing (sorry) yesterday's Rose Breasted Grosbeak post. The birds have come to nest, everywhere! I was watering the pots on the patio when I heard a Cardinal scolding me from the branch of a nearby Maple tree. She was mad, too. On further inspection I realized that she had a nest of little ones right below the rail where I was standing and she wasn't any too pleased with my position! She's built the nest high, on a sturdy fork in the Euonymus hedge that surrounds the lower patio wall. I brought the camera outside to try and get a few shots of the baby Cardinals. Smart mama bird had built the nest under enough foliage cover that I couldn't get a clear shot...I borrowed this one from the www. However, since I was out there anyway, and had the camera, someone else was begging: "me, me, get a picture of me; look how cute I am on my perch!" Who's that you ask? The Carolina Wren who's built a tiny little cup of a nest within my hanging Ivy Geranium and laid three delicate eggs there? No, not that bird... but our resident bird dog, the mistress of the manor!

What a life, chaise and all; Diesel knows it:
Life is Good!