FEED ME - Fledgling Goldfinch begs with fluttering wings and open beak. Goldfinches wait to have offspring later in the season to ensure there is food for their babies.

JUST DUCKY - Young Wood Ducks hang together in a quiet end of the beaver pond. Young ducklings don't fly for 8-9 weeks after hatching - so they stay on the edges of the beaver pond.

BEE GLAD - A big Bee hovers at the throat of a Gladiolus bloom. The pollinator garden is buzzing.

RUFFLED - A female Purple Finch at the bird bath with ruffled feathers. She seemed to be flying okay - but looked a bit ruffled at the bird bath.

SCARLET TANAGER? A female Scarlet Tanager visits for early cherries.The spectacular scarlet color of the male is replaced at molting by yellowish feathers which make the males look almost exactly like the yellowish female.
