We had a good soaker rain which I was happy to see for I'd gotten most of my planting done in the garden and I love to have Mother Nature do the watering!
This lushened things up and bought out all sorts of birds and bugs, even the horses were out enjoying the fresh green grass.
Horses Enjoying the Fresh Green Grass
Raindrops and Dew on Honeysuckle Blossoms
We had a hot spell then the rains came along which must have been perfect conditions for the dragonflies to hatch for there sure were plenty of them! Most of them were flying around but a few were looking for sunny spots on the gravel road to sun themselves.
Here's a couple of the ones sunning themselves then I took a video of some in flight.
Close Up Golden Brown Dragonfly
Front View of That Same Dragonfly
One of the most spectacular things was the cranes. I had been hearing them, then a couple of them flew in low over the field calling as they flew. You can hear their call in the video below
2 Cranes Flying Low Over Field Cow Grazing in Background
There was lots of blackbirds too. There was the redwinged blackbird and the yellowheaded blackbird. They have such a pretty call. I didn't catch their calls but I did catch the plain blackbird calling which you can hear in the video below.
Blackbirds Looking in the Grass for Bugs and Seeds
Yellowheaded Blackbirds 1 Wings Stretched
Our neighbor who is a farmer, had bought in a bunch of strawbales to his field. These were attracting the birds for there was lots of fallen seeds.
Flock of Blackbirds Mostly Yellowheaded Looking for Seeds by the Strawbales
More Blackbirds Looking for Seed in the Straw
Redwinged Blackbird Scored a Wheat Seed
Blackbird Calling His Buddies
Another Bird Calling From the Wire
The photo above is my entry for the Feathered Friends - Show Me A Photo Contest Round 23 with a theme of bird silhouettes details here
There was lots of swallows swooping around. Some had lit on the wire then a big woodpecker came and attached to the side of the pole. I didn't get the greatest of picture for he was more on the backside of the pole
Swallow on Wire Woodpecker on Pole
They only stayed on the wire for a bit then off they flew...
Bird Taking Off From Wire
In the field where the cows were grazing there was a flock of geese grazing too.
Flock of Geese Grazing
Geese Grazing in the Grass with a Cow
Goose Taking Flight While Others Continue Grazing
On the pond up the road there was a variety of ducks nesting there with a few pairs out swimming.
Ring Necked Ducks and Bufflehead Ducks Swimming in the Pond
Close Up 2 Pairs Ring Necked Ducks
Lone Blue Winged Teal Swimming
It is funny if you just speed along you miss a lot of the bird and bug life but if you stop and look around this area was teaming with bird and bug life which I sure enjoyed and I hope you enjoyed what I shared too!
Bird images are for the #FeatheredFriends community hosted by @melinda010100
Big shout out to @ace108 for running the Beautiful Sunday tag every week supporting the accounts. Also to @c0ff33a for the Sublime Sunday tag for your random Sunday posts!
The photos were taken with my Canon PowerShot SX60 HS.
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