The Darling Black Phoebe! (+1 inset!)

+1 inset!

Hello everyone! :) My cage continues to be rattled for new pictures so I found this pair of images to share today! :)

First--thank you so much for all of the wonderful comments and care. You guys are just wonderful and I am very touched by your attention. I am trying to stop being affected so much by my constant flurry of worried thoughts…slowly but surely I'm adjusting. It's tough, even after months of this. However, as time is going on and folks here aren't all dropping like flies, I'm feeling more and more encouraged and hopeful about things. I really appreciate the support. You have no idea how much its meant to me. I feel so broken about all of this and it's very nice to feel like I'm not as hopeless as I thought I was…

Today's Pictures
Last October when I was on my morning walk, I noticed some birds I hadn't seen before--cute little guys who were sitting on our power lines and twittering away on that lovely new day. I crossed my fingers that they'd still be there when I came back with my Sony camera and I was so happy when I returned and the birds were still there! I didn't want to get too close and scare them away so I got pictures from a distance--lucky me, they turned out really well! A bit small but still, look at the detail!! Such a cutie pie!

This camera I have is the Sony DSCRXx10IV. I was pushed over the edge to add it to our pair of beloved Canon 5D Mk II and III's because of one of my ipernity friends, Roland (ROL/PHOTO). The constant stream of incredible bird and wildlife pictures blew me out of the water and when I learned they came from a new style of hybrid, high-end point-and-shoot camera, I just had to get it. My first favorite camera was the Canon SX30 IS super-zoom and I used it like a fiend until I simply HAD to move up to a DSLR. However, I had always hoped that a camera would be developed that combined the high quality of a DSLR with a point and shoot. The Sony is a HUGE step up from my previous P&S and has allowed me to get fabulous bird pictures that make me so happy!

Doing a search on the internet, I found out I'd captured a Black Phoebe, a kind of flycatcher that makes its home in the western US down though Central America. Of the six subspecies, this is the Northern Black Phoebe which lives in Oregon and California. Wiki: Black Phoebe

Hello Pam!
I hope things are going ok for you these days! The weather's heating up…it's going to be nearly 90 degrees today, yoiks! Our rainfall has been so dismal this year, we fear the fire season will be horrendous. What about you? Sending many hugs your way!! :)

Explored on 5/25/20; highest placement #2.