I saw Northern Cardinals, American Crows, Blue Jays (a lot of them!), Carolina Chickadees, Carolina Wrens, Eastern Bluebirds, Yellow-Shafted Norther Flicker, Downy Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, American Goldfinch, Red-winged Blackbirds (a lot of them, they are really cleaning out my feeders these days), House Sparrows, House Wrens, Dark-eyed Juncos, Mourning Doves, Starlings, Canada Geese, Mallards, Common Grackles, and a Great Egret who flew over the street.
I love Great Blue Herons. I love how graceful they are in flight, with their long legs trailing them. I love their grating squawk, which makes it easy to see a bird/dinosaur connection. I love their ability to stand still and observe — something I could definitely work on. Although I usually see them “at work” in the water, on two occasions recently, I saw one “at rest.” The second picture, where the bird looks hunkered down, well, it probably was because it was a miserable day, cold, overcast, and bone-chillingly humid.