They're Baaa-ack!

I kept hearing something bumping late yesterday. No tennis shoes in the dryer. The dishwasher was correctly loaded. Hmmmm. The TANAGERS are back! This darlin' couple normally starts up at 5 a.m.

(See her (yellow) top left? He's (red) sitting in the second bottom frame from the right.)

Every spring since 2005, we have to shut my sewing room door just so we can sleep. He is sitting so sweetly and makes cooing noises about that good looking hen over there. She just swallows it hook, line, and sinker and goes to battle. While he sits and winks. WHAT'S THAT?! Over there?! Making eyes at my woman? er...hen! I'll go ruffle his feathers for a change!

Alfred Hitchcock...The Birds

Do you remember the movie? Rod Taylor and Tippi Hedren... Just about scared me outta my wits...what few I had as a kid. LOL It's one of those far-fetched movies but still kept me riveted to my seat. Still, whenever I see a large flock of birds or murder of crows (appropriate for a bunch of crows after seeing the movie don'tcha think?) I still think of Hitchcock's The Birds.

Sam and I have our own version. Ours is called The Alarm Clock. Sam calls it something else, but his term is really not suitable for print.

We purchased our home in 2004. Early one 2005 spring morning we were awakened shortly after daybreak with someone or some thing hitting a window. Constantly hitting a window. Constantly. Get my drift? Daybreak! NOISE! At DAYBREAK?! We are still in bed!!! Our persistent visitor was a Tanager. He kept fighting his reflection in my sewing room window. She kept vigil in the redbud tree watching her suitor fight...wondering who would win her lovely hand...I mean wing. Next spring...the same thing. We learned to shut doors before going to bed. Last spring. Nada. No uninvited guests. No early morning wake up calls.

Guess what? Theeeeyyyy're baaaaaack!

This time, she is the aggressor. While he watches from not too afar. Both in this photo. Juliette's on the left fighting at the window...look to the right in the tree for Romeo. Gotta hand it to her...she's persistent. Resting...it's hard trying to fight off that hussy. (These were all taken through the window so photo quality isn't that great.)