A few surprises at the feeders

When we returned home from Disneyworld our feeders were empty and there were very few birds around.  After taking the feeders down to clean them as we got about 0.85 inches of rain that clog the feeders with wet food, they are again full and more birds are showing up as the hours past bye.

Then this morning I checked and the Fox Sparrows, that had stayed until we left, had not returned.  However they have been replaced with a pair (male & female) Pyrrhuloxia.  Also by the end of the day the ground was once again covered in White-crowned, Chipping and Field Sparrows along with Bewick's Wren working over the suet and Spotted Towhee's flashing their white tail spots.

Male

Female

Male



Back from Disneyworld and Universal Studios

My son and his family plus his wife's family along with Sherry and I spent 5 days at Disneyworld's 4 parks and 2 days at Universal Studios' 2 parks in Florida.  Its been years since I walked that much, stood in line that much and dodged that many people while navigating through the thousands of bodies there.  Sherry with the two grand kids (Trent 12 & Lucy 15) managed to ride every single "you gotta be kidding me" thrill rides that I watched from ground level.  The fun rides rides for me integrated 3D animation along with physical g-force moves.  Those that allowed you to participate in the ride like Toy Story and MIB where you are competing to either ZAP a villain or score points were fun too.  My favorites were the real live active stunt acts - Indiana Jones and Car race in a city with a shoot out. 

Just glad to be back home...

Sherry and me on Main Street with the Disney Castle in the far background.

Lucy, Trent, Francy and Greg

The main reason this family trip took place was so Sherry and Lucy could see and ride the new Harry Potter adventure.  In fact it had to be the highlight for Sherry and Lucy as they didn't want to leave when we finally got there on day 6.

 Sherry and Lucy ready to board the Hogwart's Express.

Hogwart's School

Trent, Lucy and Sherry toasting their adventure with some Butter Beer.