This new bird showed up at the feeder yesterday. I’ve never seen it before and don’t know what it is. I was thinking perhaps some sort of cowbird or mutant starling, but I really have no clue. Do you?

Well I’ve decided to wipe out the old blog and start with a clean slate. This time I think I’ll make it more photo oriented and less about rambling on about whatever strikes my fancy.

This has been inspired by, of all things, my bird-feeder. I missed having cats and dogs so much that I just had to get some sort of “pet” into my life and the best I can do here in my apartment is to bring birds to my balcony. Once they started showing up, I got to know them and then became somewhat obsessed with taking their pictures (constantly).

I’m not trying to take the most brilliant photos of all time and I don’t really care if they are. It’s just fun and it’s making me very happy right now.

When I’m patient I sometimes luck out and get a really cool shot like this baby titmouse. There has been a hummingbird around a lot lately and it is now my mission to shoot that little guy. I try to get one of everybody and currently he’s the only one that I don’t even have a blurry image of. Maybe this will be my lucky week.