Crash landing

That is what today felt like - a crash landing back into reality.  When I looked out this window this morning, instead of seeing parrots, macaws, honeycreepers and toucans...I saw my plain-jane backyard birds.  Not only that, but when I stepped outside, instead of humid, warm tropical air...I was hit in the face with temps in the 30's F and rain.  Only one thing to do under those circumstances, and that is to have a nice long chat with parents with a cup of tea in hand.  

After downloading the first day of Costa Rica pics, I headed outside with the camera with the goal of shooting something...anything... for today's blip.  Handily, there were blue jays, nuthatches, titmice and sparrows in abundance.  And, since I am particularly fond of nuthatches I decided to take the easy shot.  As I was upstairs doing some quick edits on this, two nuthatches landed on the window sill of my sanctuary and started flaring their wings at each other in a show of tiny bravado.  So cute.  Not honeycreeper-cute, but still cute.

I am very fatigued today (not surprising after so many days of sensory overload) so am going to have a nap.  Charlie is extremely clingy, so I'm sure he'll be napping with me.  

I hope to spend some time tonight and tomorrow on the CR pics and will start uploading my top selections to Flickr.  Stay tuned...

Adios...
Debbi