Lots of nature

We have just had lots of fun lately with birds and such. Have been going for walks regularly at Red Top and saw an itsy bitsy snapping turtle that I actually thought was a brown leaf the other day. Had the luna moth on the porch along with lots and lots of others. Then at the bird feeders we have had the tons of golden finches, a couple of rose breasted grosbeaks, some blue birds, house wrens, hummingbirds and indigo buntings . I actually could sit in the back yard watching the birds ALL the time. Oh we also had a hawk glide through the yard last night but wonder of wonders because we were higher than he was I couldn't identify him (most of the books show them from underneath). Another source of joy, is taking Jenny on walks at Red Top and watching her pretend to be a waterdog. She was chasing water striders this Sunday and kept gulping water and then coughing, pretty funny actually. I didn't really capture any great pictures of her fun, but here is one