It's Friday and it's dark out.

How often to you get to see a Black-throated Blue Warbler RUNNING through a tree?

Come to the Biggest Week In American Birding and see for yourself!

Yep, it's Friday night. It's dark, butt at least it's not as cold as it has been and it definitely isn't snowing! It's almost as if spring time is giving us a sneak peek. So in springs honor, here's a few crappy warbly things! I'm giving you more bad ones in springs honor because we all know another snow storm is just around the corner and I don't want to get anyones hopes up yet...

I really should dump these pics, butt you can learn a little sometimes by looking at the feathers in these positions.

That's my excuse and I'm sticking with it!

(oops! Doodles just told me I didn't label this one! It's a Black-throated Green Warbler)

Sometimes the Chestnut-sided Warblers run through the trees too!

And sometimes the pop of my flash gives the Magnolias a start...or was it me flashing...hmmm...

He just doesn't want his portrait done today.

I shot this Yellow Warbler out of my car window on the way home from work.

These nest in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park and this one was bringing home the bacon...errr...worms.

"I'm a rocket to the Moon!"

If you're patient, Yellow Warblers will wave to you!

Make sure you wave back, it's the only polite thing to do.

I like the pattern on the tail of this "Audubon's" Yellow-rumped Warbler.

They sure don't sit still long!

What the...?

It's another Yellow-rump...falling over from to many over ripe berries...

Long week...and I ran out of jokes...

Birding with the DEAD!

Bob found his relatives (his Grandfather, Chip...really...) while we were visiting Lake View!

For Valentines Day we made the short trip to Lake View Cemetery for a morning of birding with the dead...with a few live friends thrown in for fun. The walk was sponsored by Western Cuyahoga Audubon Society, a creative bunch when it comes to bird walks!

The weather wasn't as bad as it looked in some of the photos, about 20-25 degrees warm with a nice dusting of about a foot of snow on the ground. I don't think the residents were bothered at all...I hope I didn't step on anyones head...stone...

Morning of the Living Dead!!!

Not really...just a gang of birders...

We did see Robbins...

See, I told you we saw Robins!

Bob was not in the best of spirits...snow, cold, ghosts.

Doodles is reaching for the stun gun to loosen his death grip on her wrist.

Heads or...

... Tails?

I like when Northern Mockingbirds are cooperative!

We saw Redd Foxx also!

Actually, it was just a Red Fox...

I think Redd Foxx is interned in L.A., plus this one was running too fast.

This Cooper's Hawk was trying to cover her behind, a little sensitive I think.

"Do these stripes make my butt look big?"

We saw this Merlin off in the distance having breakfast in this tree.

It sort of looked like a hand...but I couldn't say for sure...

A Tufted Titmouse making like an angel...fancy, eh?

We also saw a Bald Eagle...

You can always count on a White-breasted Nuthatch to pop in to say hi!

Yep, we saw a Sparrow.

You can tell from this photo that this is a White-throated Sparrow...

Bob wants to go now...he heard a strange noise...scaredy-munk!

Who's the birthday girl?!

Happy Birday to the Doodles!

We're going out for Noodles!

We're gonna eat Oodles!

I hope there ain't no Poodles!

Happy Birday Doodles!

It's not as good as some of my poetry, I'm having writers block...HAPPY BIRTHDAY LAURIE-DOODLE-LOO!!