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