SkyWatch Friday....everyone is looking up

It's SkyWatch Friday! Everywhere we went yesterday, someone was watching the sky. Blue bird looking at the great blue.
You can see the sky well from up here!

At Hartman Arboretum, this bee was watching me, rather then the sky :-) I think he looks like he should be in a Disney movie.

The sky is a great backdrop for flowers and their critters.

This little frog was watching the sky from a nice place in the leaves.

Isn't he cute?? Of course it was my husband that spotted it.....he always sees the little creatures.

The Tiger Swallowtail came by to greet us for a few minutes.

I love how the body is dressed in yellow and black, too. Lovely butterfly!

A monarch flitted through and I only got one shot of the wings open.

It seems to prefer this position.

I love this type of hydrangea and they attracted a lot of bees and little bugs.

The owners of the property had some great blackberries growing, but there was no sign indicating that we could pick them.....darn! My mouth was watering!

Before going to the Arboretum, we drove over to Henderson for an early morning check on the eagles and heron rookery. Surprise.....

.....one of the young eagles was off the nest and sitting in a tree nearby! These are cropped a lot because it is such a distance, but we were thrilled to see it out of the nest. Another one was on the nest, but we couldn't tell if it was a parent keeping a close eye or the sibling.

The young eagle was watching the sky, too :-).....when he wasn't watching us.

Many of the heron were down below the nests in the marsh area. Considering how big they are, I'm sure it is more comfortable then crowding in the nests.

This is my SkyWatch Friday post for this week! Keep looking at the skies! There is a lot to see when you look up!

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