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Saturday, December 20, 2014

RV & Kinglet

We have been out in the new RV several times in the past two months.  All has worked well.  Since we now have a different brand of coach, we have new groups to join.  We joined the "Lone Star Allegro Club" which is a very nice group of folks.  We attended a weekend rally with them just north of here in the Montgomery TX area.  I took no pictures, however. They meet once a month within about 150 miles of Houston.  We will also be joining a group that is in the Texas hill country area. 

As you know our back yard is our favorite feature of our home.. and we spend most of our sitting time in the family room which overlooks it through the 3 6x8 foot windows.  It is in these chairs where we browse our computer and tablets, read our Kindles, papers and books, and watch the ever-changing wildlife shows in the bushes and trees. 








We have a funny little iron and vine "tree" which has some lights on it that sits just outside between the windows and the pool.   Each of the last 3 days this little guy has come to visit.  He is a Ruby-Crowned Kinglet and is the only one we have ever seen.  http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Ruby-crowned_Kinglet/id

The red crown appears to change in size as he chooses to display it.  He doesn't sit still for more than a second and hops all around but seems attracted by the tree. He also sits briefly and looks into the window at us.  He didn't even fly away when I stepped outside to take a picture with my cell phone. The others are taken through the window. 

He pays no attention to the two main bird feeders and the other visitors there; just our little weird tree. Maybe it's the red lights.   Always something going on in the back yard.