this beautiful gift of creation
I have to admit I get a little enamored sometimes with the birds. It seems to happen most at those points of transition, when the weather shifts, there’s a new season and with it a new crop of visitors to our garden. The Eastern Bluebirds tend to wait until it’s cold. The hummingbirds come through twice. The hawks only show up for a couple of months in the summer.

Well, that’s what I always thought. Then Thursday morning Rebekah was enjoying a major gathering of songbirds sampling the new seed when a huge shadow swooped in, literally brushing the feeder with its wings before setting up on a nearby limb to watch, menacingly, as the crowd of smaller birds started to look increasingly like a buffet.
Hawk or not they came back, despite the threat. One Bluebird – above – seemingly staring down the intruder… “You want a piece of me…?”
So I gathered a sampling of images to share. But my best photo by far is the view back into the front garden, looking toward the mailbox with the bird of prey sitting on a post, patient, biding his time.
Here are the best of the photos. Enjoy. Our birds are fascinating and beautiful creatures. Creation is an amazing gift – DEREK
Here’s the squirrel baffle I use
art garden photography The Story all creatures great and small birds featured songbirds
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Derek has published seven books in the past decade (you can find them at https://www.amazon.com/Derek-Maul/e/B001JS9WC4), and there’s always something new in the works.
Before becoming a full-time writer, Derek taught public school in Florida for eighteen years, including cutting-edge work with autistic children. He holds bachelor’s degrees in psychology and education from Stetson University and the University of West Florida.
Derek is active in teaching at his church: adult Sunday school, and a men’s Bible study/spiritual formation group. He enjoys the outdoors, traveling, photography, reading, cooking, playing guitar, and golf.
Thanks for sharing…
birds are for me like messengers from Heaven. They remind me that God watches over us all, as in the song: “His eye is on the sparrow & I know he’s watching me.”
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Love your bird photos!Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
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Love your photography! How do you keep the squirrels off the feeders??
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Thanks, Teresa.
We use the best baffle ever – it’s essentially a cylindrical cone that slides over the pole. Look at the post again tomorrow and I’ll have a photo at the bottom of the gallery.
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