I enjoyed a recent drive along little travelled country roads.


At one point, I came across these two very lifelike scarecrows.


Every time I saw a bird on a wire, I tried to get a photo and succeeded with these:






MYSTERY BIRD
I will identify it at the end of the post.

Other birds:






Some botany:
















MYSTERY BIRD
The crest helps identify this as a Cedar Waxwing.

NATURE POETRY
Come ye into the summer woods;
There entereth no annoy;
All greenly wave the chestnut leaves,
And the earth is full of joy. – Mary Howitt (1799–1888)
Miles Hearn
So lifelike they scared me! Beautiful pictures of birds and botany. But I should have gotten the Cedar Waxwing!
Thanks, Miles!
really nice pics,got the mystery bird,and recognized the poison ivy and some other plants,there seems to be some learning going on over here…….thanks for keeping us in the loop,Miles