Lunch Time Visitor

The rain stopped for a couple of hours on Monday, and this guy dropped in for a two and a half hour visit.

I wanted to see him fly away but he sat so still for so long, and I was doing laundry.  He was more patient than I.  I don't know whether he eventually got a bite or had to go home hungry.

Yesterday I came home for lunch between classes and surprised a cardinal and a blue jay who were searching the lawn for tasty morsels.  I'm happy to be running a bird restaurant.  Our refusal to use any pesticides or herbicides means that our lawn is scrubby (and a large section of it is purple rather than green,) but the views are great!