I’ve been a bird watcher for about ten years. When I started paying attention to them I was working in an inner city a lot. It was awesome to see little reminders of God’s creation in concrete settings!
Ten years later I still love to watch them. I’ve been hauling my bird feeders with every move and happily sharing birdseed every place we’ve lived. Yesterday and today I was trying to get a nice picture of some of the visitors to our deck. However, between our schedule and my kids not appreciating the time I wanted to spend sitting quietly, it was a challenge.
Here was an attempt today:

can you see the bit of blurry tail on the far left side? I was a bit too slow.

ooh, a brown bird eating.

okay, not the most thrilling for a blog post, but at least it’s a decent view of the finch.
Before I knew what was going on there was another bird in my camera’s viewfinder and for once I snapped a picture fast! This is the first time I’ve seen a red-bellied woodpecker in this yard. He’s almost too big to get birdseed out of our feeder, but he managed!

They’re not a rare bird, but it’s rare for one to visit my feeder.
Sometimes (or often!) when we’re looking for one thing God shows us something even cooler. I love that.
Keep searching for beauty, friends!