While Waiting for Luke to Arrive

Here are some photos from October and early November........

White Ibis in my backyard

Max takes her bar for  a ride

Max has decided she does like yogurt after all

Max discovers treasures in grandma's cabinet

Juvenile black-crowned night-heron

Adult black-crowned night-heron

Adult black-crowned night-heron

The next few pictures are of a juvenile Cooper's Hawk that was sitting on my fence.
He was probably waiting to eat the birds attracted to my feeders!

It seems the leaves do change color in NC.

Luke Bryce Hannah Arrives

born November 10, 2014
7 lbs. 12 oz
20 inches

Bluebirds, Father's Day, Airlie Gardens

Bluebirds

One of the baby bluebirds from the bluebird house I put up is almost ready to be on its own.

And it looks like the mother bluebird is already sitting on a new nest.

Father's Day

My  dad and my brother came for a weekend visit over Father's Day. We kept busy going on a Cape Fear River tour, swimming in 80+ degree ocean water, lunch at The Oceanic, a visit with John and Max, and lots of time in the yard watching the birds!

Humming Bird Nest

Saw a hummingbird sitting in a nest at Airlie Gardens.... a first for me!!!!!

Airlie Gardens

I continue to drive the tram at Airlie Gardens once a week. I am always seeing something new (or something old in a new way)!  Here are some samples.