Gloria's Birds: Yeah, photog, a Douglas Fir or heck, Mount Rainier (!) would've made a more impressive backdrop,

Photo copyright Gloria Z Nagler

but be thankful I posed at all! Remember what Aesop said: Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.
(And grateful I am, for I seldom see White-crowned Sparrows in my neck of the woods...)

--Gloria Z Nagler