One photo a day challenge: Day 194.

I wanted to do some photography that I haven’t been doing as much of lately.

I set out into my yard to hopefully see some birds. The birds were out there flitting about along the edges of the woods and moving across my yard.

I just needed a few to get close enough for a decent photograph. There were woodpeckers, finches, and flycatchers moving about.

I could hear the catbirds and red-winged blackbirds calling from the trees.

None of whom seemed willing to cooperate for a photograph. I used the Merlin app to ID gold finches by sound circling overhead singing a song I was unfamiliar with.

At one point this eastern phoebe made an appearance. The bird alighted on a branch close enough for a decent photograph. It did not stay long.

There appears to be a small group of them. They did not sit still long. The group of birds did not stick around long either.

They vanished from sight quickly. Off into the deeper woods.