Leviticus 26:4 Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. Monday, 2:44 PM – Rain, rain, rain! I’m thankful for the rain in that it tends to keep the intake of animals lower in the shelter. And lower intake gives me time to get caught up on things… even to take a short break every once in a while! Between downpours I took short ventures up to the ponds to see if the Little Blue Heron that visited the other day was back. No luck, but I did come across some “new” birds… new for me at least. Out looking for the heron, I added two “life bird” photos today: an Eastern Kingbird and a House Finch. Although I may have seen a bird before, I don’t like to add it to my life list until I’ve photographed it. I’ve seen Kingbirds posted on telephone wires on my drive to and from work; and who hasn’t seen a House Finch in a grocery store parking lot or garden center! But this was my first photograph of each. As I continued short walks between outbursts of rain, I managed quite an ebird list for the day. And on my drive home, I actually saw the end of a rainbow! A low arching rainbow stretched across the sky and I could see where it came down to the ground along New High Shoals Road. Too bad there was no pot of gold. Walton County, Georgia Red-winged Blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus, bird in Monroe, Walton County, GA. One of the most abundant birds across North America, and one of the most boldly colored, the Red-winged Blackbird is a familiar sight atop cattails, along soggy roadsides, and on telephone wires. Glossy-black males have scarlet-and-yellow shoulder patches they can puff up.
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