Showing posts with label blue-gray gnatcatcher. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blue-gray gnatcatcher. Show all posts

Monday, January 13, 2014

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Spotted this little guy the day after Christmas. Another lifer to add to my list! These are very small, fast-moving birds, constantly in motion. They eat small insects and spiders. The blue-gray gnatcatcher usually feeds off the tips of branches which helps with photography. I am enjoying this time of year with the leaves on the ground and the birds exposed in the trees.





Confession time: I am a little blue-gray myself since before Thanksgiving. Maybe if I "write it out loud" I can work past it. Everyone has some issue(s) they're dealing with, so I hate to be burdensome and put an ugly mark on my blog, but it's starting to affect my concentration and my relationships both online and off. So if I seem a little...off or whatever...that's why.

A few things I can reveal is that there is more than one drama going on within the family, a perverse side of a close "someone" comes out every so often to torment me, and all sorts of "what-ifs" plaguing me day and night. This depression entity is chest-deep and it's quickly approaching my nose. 

I've been posting uplifting quotes and bible verses on my blog in an effort to feel normal AND to possibly help someone else...yet... This feeling is like quicksand and no matter how hard I pray or wish it away, it doesn't vacate the premises. The only relief I experience is when I am outside with my camera. And y'all know how bratty the weather has been lately, so that's not always possible. 

Linking with I'd Rather B Birdin'
Please visit Anni to see more birds around the world.

I go to nature to be soothed and healed
and to have my senses put in order.
John Burroughs