My Visitor

I have been graced by the most delightful little visitor. This is the secound time I have seen him? I am assuming that it is a he, though it could well be a she, as my research has indicated that there does not appear to by a physcial distintion between the male and the female.

At any rate, this is the secound time he has made an apperance within my backyard and seems to enjoy perching upon the edge of the pool, so if you have not guessed yet my little friend is indeed a bird, he is in fact a Black Phoebe which are rather odd but quite appealing little birds in my mind, and it really was quite a treat, becasue though they are native to this area, I really do not see them around where I live very often, in fact this is only the 3rd time I have seen one, and the first time was once last year. So I found it all very exciting the first time he appeared, but then when I saw him again today, it was quite lovely.

I do find him to be a rather charming little fellow, and I had tried to take a picture of him, but it was hard to get close enough as I haven't got a very fancy camera with zoom and all that upon it, and then when I was getting ready to take a picture one of the cats jumped up onto the fence and scared him off.

But I have found this image of a Black Phoebe online for those whom are currious.

4:08 PM - 11/5/2007 - post comment

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Beautiful!! The benefits of a garden.

Fightingfemale - 6:49 PM - 11/5/2007

Birds

In my backyard I get a lot of magpies, those black and white crows who are attracted to blinking stuff. Instead of my cat scaring them off, it's the other way around. Also they love catfood. They're always there between 8 and 10 AM, but after that my cat has the yard to itself.

Edited by dutchboy on 11/6/2007 at 12:42 PM

dutchboy - 4:39 AM - 11/6/2007

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