Birds & Blooms

There are an incredible amount of interesting birds here.  I've seen many new ones that I have never seen before.  This bird is either a brown thrasher or a wood thrush.  I have to see some other pictures in books before I can decide which it is.  Either bird is a treat to see since we've never seen either one before we got here. 

Every time we go to town it seems like something new is blooming in the fields.    The really bright lemon yellow in the background is a field of rapeseed.  It is the plant they use to make canola oil.  Miles of these bright yellow fields are quite beautiful.  Its hard to see in this picture but in front of the yellow is a sea of blue flowers.  The blue is flax.  The fields of blue waving in the wind makes them look like a lake from a distance -- so pretty.