Lovely 45

Adding to my yard bird visual list with my year-first Yellow-rumped Warbler.  They are much brighter and exotic looking in the spring but I still like their understated fall look.  Just after I snapped this, it dropped down and grabbed a little insect from the garden - click HERE.  Had to go with this shot, though, because I love the background of solidago/goldenrod.

Also in the yard this afternoon was a very young cardinal, still sporting pin feathers and utterly clueless as to how to get a seed out of the seed tray.  It's really late in the year for a brood, but I guess the conditions have been good.  You can see the young-un HERE - cute as a button.

I met up with two friends this morning at the wildlife refuge and we had a great walk around the marsh.  Loads of warblers, vireos and other migratory songbirds and the weather was perfect.  Definitely a good outing.  

Nothing new on the dog adoption front.  Waiting for her foster-mom to have time to do a cat test with the hound.  If that goes well, we'll set up a time to meet her.  We are not going to bring home a dog until I am back from Columbia, so towards the end of October, but would be great if we could lock something in before I leave  Whether we adopt an adult or a puppy, I think it is important for both of us to be totally hands-on right from the start.  

Dark with raspberry again today.  It's very good and hard to limit myself to just one square.

xo
Debbi