Birds sing of spring: rose-breasted grosbeak

Rose-breasted Grosbeak - male

Female - she landed on my foot!
Used to critters, I didn't flinch!
It was a different story when I stepped on the snake in the grass!

I was sitting on my front porch, when I heard the grosbeak chipping away. He was really hard to get video for. I inserted my close-up photos into the video. This isn't their full song. Here is a YouTube video, when the male sings, and sounds 'like a robin who has taken singing lessons!'  I didn't realize what the female was, until I got help IDing her. She landed on my foot, which was propped up on the railing!

wood duck pair

I'm still trying to capture a good photo of the wood ducks. They are camera-shy. I set up my plantcam to take photos every 10 minutes and have a grainy photo! I am making progress.
Thing is, when I go down to 'the point', where they hang out, my cats come with me. Felix meows if I go too fast.

The Point

This is where I sit, a landspit, and watch the birds.
You can see Buster & Felix in the middle ground.

My black twins like my bridge!

 I'll have to go down in camouflage, or find a duck blind!

Camera Critters #213