It was mid-February and I was still spending a few mornings at the eagle’s nest in my neighborhood.

The babies looked fully grown but they were still practicing their flapping, building up those wing muscles.

There are so many other fun things to see at the nest. One morning a kestrel couple landed right in front of me and then started mating. She looked over at me like “Can I get some help here?”

Most mornings I see nanday parakeets, or at least hear them go screaming by. This morning a few of them landed on the wires and trees nearby.

They were chewing on the bark of an old pine tree. I couldn’t tell if they were eating the bark or eating the bugs off the bark.

They stayed a short while then took off across the field.

This was a special morning seeing a deer couple so close. They walked along the utility field but stopped right in front of me.

The beautiful buck started eating right in front of me. I did step behind a big oak tree when they walked up but he could still see me. We don’t get those big antlers often in our neighborhood.

After a while she ducked into the reeds along the utility field and he took off across the street.