It was getting close to 6 pm Tuesday evening, and I was out on the deck checking emails and tossing bits of bread to some of the birds.

The cats were inside, glued to the windows and clear deck doors, mesmerized by the birds in motion.

There are two or three pairs of the red-headed Brazilian Cardinals, which have been stopping by for several years (although the books say they aren’t true cardinals), and I can’t tell them apart. There’s one immature cardinal, but he/she hasn’t found its way to the back deck yet.

A bunch of those zebra doves. And also a few pairs of the red-whiskered bulbuls, with the white chests. They have nice, chattering song.

Anyway, for what it’s worth….