Mountain Chickadee having a morning bath, immature Allen’s Hummingbird in the background

A Morning at the Fountain

A Photo Meditation on Birds

One of my favorite ways to spend a bit of time in the mornings is to perch, silently, on a little stone bench in the garden and watch the myriad of birds visiting the water fountain which we have placed there for them. Some birds prefer still water and others, such as these, like moving water. We provide a variety of seeds and suet and nuts and berries for them. And, in…