Puffy clouds and Parulas

I'll start with a Skywatch first and then go to birds. We saw these beautiful thunderheads, but nothing came of them. Fortunately our part of the state doesn't need any rain, but the inland parts of SC are still parched.

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I'm ashamed to call myself a blogger since I seem to skip so many days so many times. Real life has interferred as usual. It took a lot of catching up when I got my computer up to speed again. Then my husband, as they used to say, 'took a spell' in church last Sunday and ended up in the hospital, but they couldn't find anything wrong and he is home and right back up to par. They did put him on a beta blocker. We should learn more next week.

Meanwhile back on the deck we had a migrant arrive for the winter.

A northern parula warbler.

Bird bath II

A second post today since I missed a few. Be sure to see the other one too below.

Much excitement at the feeder! A northern parula out in plain sight! We hear them all the time, but rarely see one. They are tiny and hide among the leaves of trees very well.

Then she came down to investigate the bird bath.

She did eventually get in but was very nervous about it and just did one quick flap/splash and dashed back into the fern.

It was a real thrill to get such good looks at such a seldom scene beautiful, although tiny, bird. A first for the bird bath for sure! These photos show a lot more when clicked to be larger.

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