Every year I try to get the first robins of the year as they return in the spring. However the last several years I haven’t been able to get the first ones, I see them when I am driving and can’t stop to get a picture, it’s like they know I want a picture! But my son-in-law grabbed this picture last Saturday at the farm because I was helping someone and my camera wasn’t being nice to me. My son-in-law is such a great guy! 🙂 I am seeing a lot of lone males looking for a mate that they aren’t finding in the last couple of years, where are all the females, or did these males just arrive much later than normal and the females were all taken?

Also, while I was at the at the farm, the peacock decided to show off a bit. Isn’t he pretty :). He’s fully mature this year and so next year the peahen should start laying eggs. This year she is still ignoring him, lol. It’s amazing how well they fly even with very long feathers. My son had to pen them up in the aviary he built for them because he has spurs and trys to defend the hen from anything, even us! I tell people he has an attitude! I didn’t realize they lived so long, 15 to 25 years in the wild and up to 50 years in captivity!