The catbird is not my main problem. It's actually a small group of white-breasted nuthatches that are in the area. I caught two of those as well, but i did not have my camera on me to take a shot. Although I have plenty of berries yet to ripen as i have a lot of mid and late season varieties, so I am sure I will catch another. The robins have been congregating around the nets but they have not found a way in yet. I have a few dozen bunches of grapes and a plethora of blackberries right now. Those are my next netting projects.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading these posts! I'm not really in the catbird's seat...nope I just found three more B list invasives! Funny, I don't really care all that much. I'll pull them out, as I do the bindweed, but that is about the biggest deal around them. For me, my gardening addiction started as a kid. I could not keep my hands and feet out of the dirt. My parents had to take out the holly bush because I ate that. I ate the grass, the magnolia, the dirt, the juniper berries, you name it, I ate it. There is a tiny photo of a tiny me. My father is sawing some old trees we had taken out. My brother (2 1/2 years older than moi) is sawing some logs with a tiny child's saw, and I am next to him, "sawing" away with a butter knife. I like it, gardening that is. I like the dirt and the things that grow. I like the challenges of weeds and pests and weather. I really like watching the chihuahuas roll in the dirt and the grass, nibbling away on bits of blades forever, without any grass actually getting in. My garden is pretty crazy, not all dirt and poop, but I really have to work it to keep it up. Three dogs plus the neighbors' makes four...they all poop. several times a day. I have an old garden hand spade that I use. I have no idea why people just let poop sit there, stinking!! I had always heard that it was not healthy for dogs to be around old poop. Even so, I don't want it all around! Pablo Honey, the tiniest dog, likes to pretend to sleep on the matt by the door, with his tongue hanging out, looking at me, watching every motion I make. I just remembered. When I was little, we had an old well that had been filled in and had a magnolia planted in it. We would save our carrot tops from the market and re-plant them. So much fun!! Gardening, weeding, thinking about it even...such a joy!

Totally awesome photos, Mark-I'll go prepare to roll out the red carpet! I know it's started; I was sitting in the woods this morning trying to get a clear shot of an Eastern Towhee male, when a first year female Blackpoll Warbler came by to see what I was From April 2009

Gorgeous photos. The male tree swallow is iridescent in your pics! I do question your final id though, are you really sure that's a rabbit? (big grin)