phoebe at the Beach

[Napper]

I have a Eastern Phoebe Flitting around in the bushes in front of the house.  I was sitting in my sunroom and one landed on a chair on my deck 8 feet away from me it then moved to the bushes. I usually hear them but rarely see one.

Napper @ the beach.  10C outside

[Shortsighted]

Sounds like serendipity.  An unexpected, accidental close encounter that also keeps flies at bay.  Sun room?  On a deck chair ... eight feet away?  How posh!  Maybe you should invite Charline to make a video tour of your estate.  Any shorebirds on your beach?  I should really go out looking for some.  Just came back from a walk around the neighbourhood and absolutely no one threw anything at me this time.  I heard a wood thrush in the woodlot.  I should return again early tomorrow morning and listen again and if I hear it ... engage.  Sorry, my mind is wandering again .. sun room?  Is that like a greenhouse?  Excuse my ignorance.  It's just that there must be so much glass ... that needs to be cleaned ... frequently. The geek in me thinks of it as a low-ISO-room.  That's a good thing, right? 

[Napper]

Shortsighted, the house here is very unspectacular although the area is very interesting. As for shorebirds, mostly Gulls. I think any Plovers would be South of this location on beaches that are wider than here.
Note: Sun room opens onto deck, I can see my Feeders including my new el cheapo Hummingbird feeders. Table and Chairs under a Fabric topped Gazebo. I watch outside while resting/recovering from a half *ss  days of work. 

Napper

p.s. The Hummingbird was a male, never seen one here..

[Shortsighted]

It's still your castle.  I haven't put up a hummingbird feeder (so far) because it also attracts wasps, but I've seen hummingbirds in the park while trying to photograph other birds, like warblers.  Suddenly a hummer will swoosh by my head and I'll think, oh ya ... hummers!  Then immediately return to concentrating on those elusive warblers which require my full attention in order to manage a half *ass result.  Do you think someone that lives in the densest jungle with a complete canopy overhead, at all times, ever really gets to see the sun, or the stars at night?  That gets me thinking of a story about a boy that lives in the deepest darkest jungle and escapes into open Savannah, seeing the open sky and full sun for the first time, then travelling all day to reach the ocean and seeing a horizon for the first time and then when the sun sets, seeing the Milky Way for the first time.  Now, what music would be the soundtrack of that film?  Please send  your submissions for a chance to win ... I don't know ... I'll think of something.