Peaceful evening…

Central Oregon lake at dusk   ©SwittersB

house in the trees…

Pretty Bird…

“The European starling is considered an invasive species in Oregon. It was introduced from Europe.” ODFW
Pretty none the less…great for fly tying too.

The Smart Bird…

“What does evil look like to crows from up in the sky? They’re brave enough to play hide-and-seek with it.” Leah Weiss, If the Creek Don’t Rise        (Yes, a smart bird all agree, still akin to a vulture to me)

Heading South…

“It is the geese plying the graying skies of autumn in floating V-formations on a rendezvous with southern horizons that gives me the greatest pause. For my life is rarely raised to the calls of life on the wing…but I must never forget that I can still fly.” Craig Lounsbrough

perhaps…?

“Some great birds evolved from the raptors” Robert T. Bakker

Touch blurry…Great Blue Heron on a nest in the rookery at Sauvie Island, Oregon

Heron Rookery amongst the trees…

Every Fall, the nests for the large birds are quite evident once the leaves fall. This on Sauvie Island NW of Portland, Oregon.