Midnight Mockingbirds?

Here it is 12:22 a.m. and there is a male mockingbird calling at the top of his voice. Very strange. Over the last week I've heard him calling for a mate any time from Midnight to 4 a.m. Never heard of this before. Talk about desperate. ;-)

Waxwings again tonight

They are still in the yard. This evening in the neighbor's pecan tree and the other neighbor's Mulberry tree.

Retro: May 9 to May 15, 2008

We had a dove's nest low (about 5 feet) in our Western Red Ceder last year.

This is the second brood on that same nest.

Here's the egg. May 9


Here's the mama WW dove, after having been hit by a hail stone.


Here's a CU


She's shealed up by May 15


A CU.