Thursday, May 29, 2025

BIRD BRAINS....

Over the past 19 years (gasp, YES, we've been in Campbell River, B.C. for that long!) these are some of the birds visiting my back yard.  I have a great view of the mountains, the rainforest, valley, and these birds ...

Black headed Grosbeak

"I would like to paint the way a bird sings...:" -Claude Monet


Nest gathering
"By coming and going , a bird weaves is nest.." -Ashanti
Mr. and Mrs. Finch
"You are a bird in flight, searching the skies for dreams..." 

                                                                                                                 -Haruki Murakami


White crowned Sparrow
"Tomorrow the birds will sing. Be brave. Face life..."
                         - Charlie Chaplin
Dove grey, always together...
"After the sharp-eyed Jay and the roaring Lion, peace will come on dove's gentle wing..." -Erin Hunter

Stellar Jay
"Nothing but the silence of the tree, and then he is gone.." -Mary Oliver
Annas Hum Hum
"Powered by its own life and its own motivation..." -Abdul Kalam
Flicker
"The birds of heavens dwell in the trees.." - Psalm 104:12
Grackles "Cowbirds"
"If birds glide for long periods of time, then why can't I?"_Orville Wright
Pileated Woodpecker
"A woodpecker's drilling Echoes to the mountain clouds.."

                                                   -Dakotsu lida

Towhee
"I like the idea of taking off like a bird...." -Florence Welch

baby sparrow, I believe...
"Are you my mother?" -P.D. Eastman


Varied Thrush
"Every spring I hear the Thrush singing in the glowing woods...." - Mary Oliver
Robin red breast
"The robin flew from his swinging spray of ivy on to the top of the wall and he opened his beak and sang a loud, lovely trill, merely to show off." -F. Hodgson Burnett
American goldfinch
"Faith without works is like a bird without wings; though she may hop with her companions on earth, yet she will never fly with them to heaven."-Francis Beaumont
Cooper's Hawk
"Only in silence the word, only in dark the light, bright the hawk's flight on empty sky..." -Ursula K. LeGuin

                     FLY...............

Pine Siskins
"I wake up every morning, free as a bird..." - Ashley Cole
Rufous Hum Hum
"I'm youth. I'm Joy..." - James M. Barrie


                                                          Eagles

“The Eagle does not escape the storm. The Eagle simply uses the storm to lift it higher. It spreads its mighty wings and rises on the winds that bring the storm.” – Jack White


Photographs 2025 All photos taken in Campbell River, B.C.
 

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