Catbird in the Serviceberry

“Happiness is not limited. 

There’s enough for everyone.” 

― Susane Colasanti

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Brown Thrasher in the Berries

“Hang in there. 

It is astonishing how short a time 

it can take for very wonderful things 

to happen.” 

― Frances Hodgson Burnett

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Young Robin Blending in with the Berries

Nature gets into our souls and opens doors to hidden parts of ourselves. 

- Pamela Heyda

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Singing For His Supper - Mockingbird in the Berries

One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words. 

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Female Cardinal in the Berries

"In the garden of my life I'm done with anger, done with strife. 

 I cultivate my own few joys far from this culture's buzzing noise. 

 Colonnade and marketplace, fame's small change and money's race, 

 academe's cold haughty tower -- have no meaning, hold no power. 

 Letting go of shoulds and oughts, 

 I concentrate on greener thoughts 

 and find as I fulfill my soul that things spin calmly in control, 

 that though events conspire still, 

 they tend to bend towards my will. 

 No greater cause achieves the measure 

 than that of my own reasoned pleasure." 

 - Peter Saint-Andre, In the Garden

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Cedar Waxwing Duo

“A friend is someone who knows 

all about you and still loves you.” 

― Elbert Hubbard

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Thankful for the Berries

We pray for the big things 
and forget to give thanks for the ordinary, 
small (and yet really not small) gifts. 

- Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Thankful for the berries and the trees that produce those berries.  Without those trees and berries, I wouldn't be able to watch the beautiful birds that visit.

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American Robin Wing Wave

We change the world a little each day 
with our kindness.

~ Tom Giaquinto

Mockingbird Gets In On the Berry Action

He that would have the fruit 
must climb the tree.

~ Dr. Thomas Fuller

The Mockingbird getting in on the berry action in my back yard.

Invasion Of The Berry Snatchers

Berries will always bring the birds!

The Starlings have never been a nuisance in my yard and never pick the tree clean.  The Robins and Waxwings have been getting their fair share too.

I am happy to have all that visit!!

A guest never forgets the host who had treated him kindly. 

~ Homer

Blue Jay In The Berries

Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.

~ William Arthur Ward

Berry Tossing Bird Behavior

Previously I had promised to post the American Robin tossing the berry.

This is the 3rd time I've captured this interesting behavior

I've found a Mockingbird doing it - HERE

and

A Catbird doing it - HERE

A Closer Look at the same shot.

The world unwraps itself to you, again and again as soon as you are ready to see it anew.” 

 ― Gregory Maguire

Seasonal Opportunity

The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes. 

 ~ Benjamin Disraeli

There are a few days out of the year when this Dogwood tree is full of berries....and the birds flock to it.   Those are the days when the birds grab the berries and I try to grab shots of them grabbing the berries.   It only comes around once a year - so I had to grab the opportunity.   

Catbird Tosses a Berry

Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.

 — Eckhart Tolle

It is always FUN to find the birds exhibiting a unique behavior.  And I guess this really isn't so unique - it's just that they toss those berries SO FAST it's hard to see them when they are doing it.  I usually see that I've captured it AFTER I get home and download the shots.    

A Feast of Berries

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow.

 ~ Melody Beattie

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Dark-eyed Junco In the Berries

Dark-eyed Junco surrounded by berries

Zoomed in a bit closer

Isn't that a Sweet Face?

I found this verse from Thoreau this morning - and I believe - oh how I believe - that each day I live
I have truly caught a little stardust, and have held in my hands a small part of the rainbow.

If the day and the night are such that you greet them with joy, 

and life emits a fragrance like flowers and sweet-scented herbs,

that is your success. 

All nature is your congratulation, 

and you have cause momentarily to bless yourself. 

It is a little star-dust caught, 

a segment of the rainbow which I have clutched.

~ Henry David Thoreau

Linking with Wild Bird Wednesday

Robin Among the Berries

When I first open my eyes upon the morning meadows and
look out upon the beautiful world, I thank God I am alive.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Wishing you a Wonderful Day!