When I walked out into the living room this morning, I heard strange sounds. Something was moving around but Frank was still in bed. Saw nothing out the window, nothing in TV room, nothing in the kitchen. Muffled sounds. Sounded like something or somebody was on the roof!
I went around peering out all the windows. Then a couple of huge vultures flew low across the yard. I grabbed my camera and walked out on the deck. More vultures, flying from my roof, flapping powerful wings like the flying monkeys! At least 20 of them left my roof and sailed across the lake. The last one was perched in a nearby tree and finally sailed off. I guess he was the sentry.
Recently I spotted what I think was a kingfisher, just across the North Fork at Seven Bends State Park. It was perched in a tangle of branches and I had trouble getting a clear shot. Since I didn't have a tripod, the picture is not sharp enough to crop any more tightly than I have here.
I placed it in the middle so you can find it.
So far I've only seen one goldfinch on the feeders, and he flew off as soon as I took a picture, even though I was inside a window. The photo was a little blurry so I thought I'd turn it into "art" for Athena's linkup.
Apparently this squirrel did not get the memo that squirrels don't eat thistle seed. It looks young and slim, so it was probably hungry. Unfortunately it made several holes in the fabric so no doubt seed will fall out.