Category: Joyful Obsessions

No shame in my game. I’ll belly-flop, in a heartbeat, if it might translate into a fun pic of a feathered buddy, ie this gloriously handsome White-Throated Sparrow. Snapped outside @ Food Lion, Rt 96, Zebulon, North Carolina

Eclectus Parrot, female. Snapped @ Sylvan Heights Bird Park, Scotland Neck, North Carolina

Cattle Egret (USA into South America).

Mallard, male (Local, Americas, Eurasia, and North Africa). Snapped @ Lake Lynn Park, Raleigh, NC — deep into his 🎵 Vogue 🎵 vibe.

Ruff Sandpiper (Northern Eurasia). Snapped @ Sylvan Heights Bird Park in Scotland Neck, North Carolina

Mute Swan, juvenile (Eurasia, Africa, N. America, Australia). Snapped @ Tiger World, Rockwell NC.

Cedar Waxwing, the Elusive One. Snapped @ Triangle area backyard, NC

Guira Cuckoo, ready to pounce (South America). Snapped @ Busch Gardens, Williamsburg, Virginia.

Red-Breasted Goose, Eurasia. Endangered: Vulnerable. Snapped @ Sylvan Heights Bird Park, Scotland Neck, NC

Mr. Ruby-Crowned Kinglet, a/k/a The Helicopter.

Gosling, Canada Goose (Local, North America). Snapped @ Lake Johnson Park, Raleigh NC

So there I was. All settled in with my mug of coffee, feet propped up and iPad on my lap. Just as I started my daily writing sprint, a certain little munchkin demanded attention: Carolina Wren.

Rivaling the eye-candy coloring, the mighty Blue + Gold Macaw’s speech prowess astounds in equal measure.

Fruit Dove (Indonesia, New Guinea RainForest). Snapped @ The National Aviary Pittsburgh, Pa

Ring-Billed Gull. Snapped @ Lake Johnson, Raleigh, North Carolina.