Cascade Ramblings

From my perch on the balcony yesterday, I photographed this White-crowned Sparrow, presumably a male standing guard in the Central Courtyard...

  This Violet-green Swallow male was photographed on June 10th while he was perched on the rooftop of The Lodge here at Dallas Retirement Vi...

This is the view from our balcony, located on the 2nd floor of The Lodge at the Dallas Retirement Village. Since returning home from back su...

This is an American Kestrel, the smallest member of the fast-flying Falcon Family. Lucky for us, it is by far the most common bird to be see...

Yesterday, determined to get out of the heat in Dallas for the day, we set our sights on Toledo. Our planned first stop to bird was on the D...

The background of the deep red tree foliage contributed to a striking photo of this Anna's Hummingbird.  It was taken from our 2nd floor...

 For several months a pair of Western bluebirds here at Dallas Retirement Village seemed to fail at getting serious about making a nest and ...