Morning Bird Pic

OK, here's a two-parter. Awhile back, I posted a pic of a male and female cardinal, remarking that since they both had their crests down, aside from coloration they didn't have that classic 'cardinal' look. Someone commented that they weren't aware that cardinals could lower their crests at will.

Well, here's a sequence that shows it. Pic 1 shows a female cardinal on a feeder with a sparrow. The sparrow moved suddenly, and up went the crest (Pic 2). The photos were taken a few seconds apart -- you can see how the sparrow moved.

I am the master of my domain

When I first set up a website many, many years ago, "www.stephenleigh.com" wasn't available -- someone else already had it. I happened to look the other day, and found out that the domain name was no longer registered elsewhere... so I bought it.

I've set it up so that putting in www.stephenleigh.com redirects you to the existing farrellworlds site. It's transparent to the user: whether you point your browser at farrellworlds.com or stephenleigh.com, you'll end up at the same place.

So whether you're looking for S.L. Farrell or Stephen Leigh -- there you go!