Matching Pair

They were so far away I didn't know what I was shooting, but I knew whatever I had, it was a female and a male together and I was excited.

They turned out to be relatively common House Finches. But they are very pretty. I don't care how common a bird is if it is pretty or has an interesting sound or song!

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Of course, all the chatter in the neighborhood was that there were owls in that Joshua tree. If there were, it was a secret to me. Mom said there was a slew of folks out there in the morning taking pictures. I'm not sure about that.

It looked to me like this pair was building a nest in that tree. Co-habitate with owls? Not likely in my book. But then again, what I know about owls I can put in a thimble.