A beautiful Dark Paper Wasp

Northern Cardinal

Mr. Vinny looks so big in this picture. He only ways 11 pounds!

Northern Cardinal

Bulbine

House Sparrow

Northern Cardinal

Jared's basil going to seed...

This Northern Cardinal perched on the fence above the bird bath for at least 20 minutes.

Titmouse

Miss Olive is training Skelator to be a squirreler!

Just missed his flight. Here he had just landed in the neighbor's tree. Good job Miss Olive!

There were several Mockingbirds in the yard today. Some were scarfing down these Pistache berries from the neighbor's tree.

Unfortunately, Chinese Pistache is an invasive. These Mockingbirds will now spread seeds all over through their poop.

House Sparrow

Mockingbird

This is a $25 bird bath from Walmart with a $10 floating solar fountain. Both are about to be retired after three years of service. I want a true old fashioned concrete bird bath. I will buy a new solar fountain for it, but I want the kind that are fixed in place. This one floats to the side and sprays water out of the bath.

Titmouse

Queen butterfly on Greg's Blue Mistflower in Rachel's front landscaping.

Tried to get a good picture of this guy drinking with a spray from the fountain at the same time. They were both uncooperative.

More of Jared's basil going to seed. So pretty when it does this.

This particular Northern Cardinal had an attitude problem. He kept chasing the sparrows off the feeder, as if he owned the place.

I liked this shot with his tail showing.

He was just about to fly off in this shot. I think he frightened that little sparrow under him.

I just missed a good flight shot.

Queen butterfly on Greg's Blue Mistflower in Rachel's front landscaping.

Queen butterfly on Greg's Blue Mistflower in Rachel's front landscaping.

Mockingbird

Mockingbird