Bird Watching

Phoebe

These last couple of days have been so hot and humid that I've been indoors most of the time but I've still been having fun watching the birds.  I enjoy (yes it's mean) using my fly swatter to kill the very large and mean horse flies when they land on my sliding glass doors.  I sit inside, wait for one to land and get comfortable and then go out and "whop"!!  Got it!!!  I NEVER say I'm bored. 

I noticed a few birds coming up to my sliding glass door, diving near it and then flying back to the big oak tree.  I finally figured out what they are doing.  When I kill a fly I leave it laying on the porch.  One of the birds came up and grabbed one of the dead flies off the deck and flew back to the tree.  It seems they are trying and succeeding  in catching the horse flies in flight or when they land at the patio door. 

More power to them!