It was an absolutely beautiful day with blue skies and lots of white birds. It’s always a great combination when the white birds pretend to be Christmas tree toppers.

I’ll save the sad news for the end of the blog.

Don’t you hate when you are out in public and you have bed head?

The Tri-Colored Heron below was almost too close to get a photo

If the Great Egrets are the tree toppers, this tree full of Little Blue Herons are the pretty ornaments.

Ok, lady, are we done yet?

When you step to the beat of your own drum . . .

Some bird watchers along Wildlife Drive pointed out a Yellow Throated Warbler. The little birds are so hard to photograph since they flit around so quickly. I barely had time to catch a quick snapshot. You can see it in the middle of the photo, facing downward.

Now for the sad news. The photo below was taken earlier in the week, with the eagles continuing to work on the nest while sitting on it, too. Later in the week, I would see both eagles on the nest at times, but at times I could not see either one sitting on the nest. I had hoped that it was just sitting where I couldn’t see it. However, our friend called me this morning while we were on the way to Ding and said that the nest was full of crows that were destroying the nest. So, either the eagles were just playing house, or they had an egg that wasn’t viable. Either way, it doesn’t look as if we will have baby eaglets in this nest this year.