it's a chick...

...-a-dee

yup - a little mountain chick-a-dee!

i don't really see them that often where i live - i hear them - but don't catch seeing them - today - what a true delight - i heard this little one - long before i caught up with it - and then did the usual - bird stalking thing - chasing it through the forest - trying to capture it - between branches and leaves - giggles escaping my lips - which would send it flying off - away from me - yet still near enough - to taunt - finally it stopped to munch on some broken lilacs - from the storm yesterday (which is what's in its mouth) - and i was able to quickly snap, snap it - before it took to flight again

true it's not the most technically adept shot of the day - others i took - of other animals, plants, flowers - turned out much better - but this bird - tells the story - so there's no way - i can't post it - sometimes that's just the way it is - we can't always go with the most pristine, right? life isn't that way - it has marks - scars - is a bit dirty - scuffed up - so it is with this particular shot - to be truthful - i wouldn't have it any other way - i'm proud of the jaunt i had to go on - in which to get it - the scratches i got from tree branches - along the way - it is that which will help me to remember - bring back the wonderful memory of how i was able to get the chick - and it's that which makes for...

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happy day.....