Shadow Dancers and Posts of the Week

One lovely summer day, I was out doing my usual tours around the pond. I stopped at the dam for a while, as I most often do. I have seen some of the most interesting creatures by this dam - painted turtles, mink, raccoons with their kits, ducks and ducklings, herons and countless other birds. It's always worth stopping there.

On this day, there weren't any overly interesting creatures to see but a couple of simple sparrows were displaying some curious behaviour. I watched as they would leap off of the side of the dam, face the concrete wall and flutter their wings, hovering in place. They were seemingly pecking at something on the wall. That something was out of my lens' focal range, but I presume they were enticed by insects.

Watch this little guy.


He's thinking about it.





Peering over the edge.





The jump... wheeeeee!






There's that fascination with the wall.



A couple of other sparrows were doing the same thing on the other side of the dam. The sun was bright and several inches behind them, their shadows followed suit. I started snapping photos of the birds pecking at the wall but ended up just enjoying all of the shadow dancing. I hope you do too.




Pecking at the wall - followed by his shadow.





You get a good idea of the angle of the sun by looking at the shadow.




Along came some company.





Shadow dancing for two.





And then out of nowhere - a beautiful Kingfisher.

HAPPY 4th to all my American neighbors (without the U just for you) to the south!

And now, without further delay, here are the Posts of the Week. The icon below is yours for the taking if if your blog post is named as a POTW.

 

GOOD ADVICE

Never Do This. Ever. I'm Not Kidding. Don't

by Leah
at The Goat's Lunch Pail

CLEVER IDEAS

Repair * Reuse*Recycle
by Shammickite
at Rook's Nest

I Believe in Fairies
by Kat
at Seeking Sanity

FUNNY

Slip Sliding Away...
by Reena
at Missing Moments

Road Warning
by Andy
at Eye Candy

LOL
by Joeh
at Cranky Old Man

A FUN POST

Let's Get Historical
by Dianne
at Forks Off the Moment


JUST PLAIN GOOD

Art, Passion and Heart-told Tales
by Linda
at Ye Olde Crones Gazette

PHINE PHOTOGRAPHY

Rambling Into Infinity

by Kate

at Chronicles of a Country Girl

A GOOD READ
 
The Day Before the Last Day
by Kerry
at Ed and Reub

Rainbows With No End
by Brian
at Waystationone

Please drop by their blogs for a visit and leave a kind comment if you have the time. Also, please feel free to add your own choices (for any blog except this one) for a specific blog post in the comments section below, where others can see them.

Thank you.