We have enjoyed watching them. And, I was delighted to see a pair of bluebirds, a male and a female, the other day. The male was sitting up in the tree preening himself. He apparently had already finished his "bath" and was drying his feathers. However, the female was in the process of taking her bath. Here are some pictures of her as she attended to her ablutions.
Tom decided to put the wildlife camera on the tree beside the bath so we could get more bird pictures. However, he got it a little crooked and this is what we saw.
Notice that you can see the dove on the left side, but you cannot tell what kind of bird is on the right side.
The big surprise, however, was the following picture.
Keep in mind that this is only about 8 feet from our bedroom window. So, this deer must have been pretty thirsty to come that close to the house! The fact that it had ventured this close to the house to get water made me realize that due to the drought many of the creeks and other water sources are probably dry.
So, today, Tom placed a large tub out by the deer feeding station and filled it with water. I'm hoping this will attract deer, as well as other wildlife, to our property, and that we get some good pictures of them!
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