The Beauty of Birds Part 2

Here is part 2 of the Beauty of Birds, with photos by Jake.

Many years ago, I was fortunate enough to find a Hummingbird nest while on a field trip with the school bus. While the children were taking part in a track and field event, I wandered around in the park and quite by accident found this tiny nest.

Later I took Jake back there and he had the joy of capturing this picture.The birds are the two young ones.

I don't know the story behind this shot, but I do know that Jake had a way of talking to the birds and they then allowed him to get fairly close, as was the case with this Mourning Dove.

This picture, I remember like it was yesterday. We had become aware that a Pileated Woodpecker was in this certain bush area, so we would often go walking there in hopes of seeing it. One day while out walking and on our way back to our car, I quietly called for Jake to stop. This is what we saw. He got this picture and we were both thrilled to have seen this bird.

The Pileated are more common now, but back then they were not often seen around here.

Once again, I have no idea where or when this was taken, but the beauty remains the same. The Wood Duck is always a treat to see.

This looks like one of the nest boxes built by Jake and hung along a fence line not far from where we lived. The Mountain Bluebird is so beautiful , even if it only sports one color.

Blue Jays are all around and some folks don't like them, but I happen to think they are beautiful.

The quality of this picture is not great, but you must remember that all of these were captured with slide film and later digitized .

 Keep watching for part 3.

To God be the glory!