Nature At It's Best

 In just one half hour early this morning, I had a very pleasant experience looking out my window.

It is a cool and gray day building up to rain later. I suspect that is why all of this happened so close together.  

I had gotten up early about 6:30 AM and fed my cats and as is a habit that I have, I gazed out my kitchen window for a bit and saw two bunnies.  They were facing each other and suddenly started jumping up high at each other.  Then sat staring at each until one moved away. As this was happening, two birds streaked through.  It was a Robin chasing a Blue Jay. This happened several times. I wonder if one or both had a nest or fledglings somewhere near.  We had a Robin's nest under our deck a few weeks ago. The parents were very protective.  Maybe a new batch of babies is underway. 

I went upstairs and looked out the bathroom window and the bunnies and birds were still there, the bunnies eating the white clover in the yard. Quietly appearing, two young whitetail bucks strolled through.  Both with velvety antlers beginning to grow.  They were nibbling on low hanging tree leaves along the edge of the woods as they went.  Then some movement in the grass turned out to be a Flicker looking for bugs.  He left quickly and I will probably not see him for a few years again. 

Again, some movement, in the trees this time, caught my attention and two gray squirrels were foraging and chasing each other from branch to branch.  A bird that I usually only hear, and true to that, began it's distinctive call, a Pileated Woodpecker deep in the woods. The squirrels were back, now hopping along on the ground. 

As the squirrels disappeared, two hen Turkeys strolled out of the woods. I haven't seen them in awhile.  Through all of this, other birds were singing in the woods, notably, the Cardinals.  

These are all not unusual sightings in my backyard, but never all at once within a half an hour's time.  I often like to take a photo of some of these encounters but this time I just stood watching and enjoying nature at it's simplest and it's best. 

Just stop and watch, you may be surprised at what you see.   

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