April on the Porch

The days have been soft and warming up, but quite enjoyable on the porch. Here's a sampling of my afternoons on the porch. Enjoy.

I have spied a Ruby-throated, but no pics yet. This is the Black-chinned hummingbird.

Hung in there just long enough to catch some of that neon purple on his chin!

He's guarding the feeder from about 15' away.

The very loud Carolina Wren out on the fence line near the Banks Rose.

Waiting to see if they will make their nest again in our church house on the porch.

Spread some stones and seed near a water drip, and the Inca Dove came for supper.

A little running water always promotes some action.

I was really excited to see the Orange-crowned Warbler come near because of the drip.

He checked out the ground for a minute, but didn't seem that interested in seed or water.

Then he flew up into the upper branches of the rose and went after something, I'm thinking a moth.

It was quite a kafuffle, but I couldn't see what he caught.

Maybe air!

The White-crowned Sparrows seemed to be really drawn out in numbers by the drip.

There were 8 males at one time.

I'm enjoying them for now.

The drip provided some bathing opportunities in the grass.

They'll be gone before long, so we'll be looking for their summer replacements with anticipation.