Showing posts with label Northern Mockingbird. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Northern Mockingbird. Show all posts

Friday, August 21, 2026

Sometimes I exaggerate!

 
I kid you not...I have been known to exaggerate or imagine that something is extraordinary when it is not.


But that's just the way I live life. I love to feel excited over every day things. And this is definitely NOT the ordinary sighting!


I watched the courtship dance of a male Northern Mockingbird and I was enthralled!


At first I wasn't sure what this crazy Mockingbird was doing.

But then I saw the female come into view and I knew....


I just knew, he was 'showing off'! 

And I realized I was in the right place at the right time to see something extra ordinary and I would not even have to exaggerate. 


During mating season the male mockingbird performs a courtship dance, leaping into the air while flapping their wings and singing. Can you believe it?

I love the surprises I witness in nature every time I walk down a trail.


And since I couldn't figure out which of these Red bellied Woodpecker photos I liked best, I made a mosaic out of them. 

I saw these beautiful butterfly weeds in full bloom and stopped to marvel yet again.


Have you witnessed something amazing this week? Are you like me? Do you ever exaggerate? 


I remember when I saw this bear and it got bigger in the telling....HERE. hahaha

Southern hugs, Diane ðŸ’œ

I’m joining Saturday’s critters HERE!