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I had to travel to Ft. Worth area for work this week so I took a morning off and hiked around LLELA Nature Preserve. I have way too many photos but these are my highlights.

Indigo Bunting — this guy was up in the trees for a while but he finally came down and let me get a good shot of him.

Painted Bunting — these birds are so incredible. He stayed high in the tree till he flew away, so the image isn't as close/high quality as I wanted but still worth sharing I think.

I've suddenly turned into a Birder at the age of 49... anyone else???

Maybe it's my ADHD hyper-focusing, but in the last 3 weeks I've become absolutely obsessed with birds. I live on a 2 acre property and have barely even noticed we had birds flying around in the 3 years we've lived there. Now, in the last 3 weeks I've counted at least 13 different species of birds living here, and I'm sure I'm just getting started.

This new found hobby has been so good for me. I work in web/tech/branding and work way too much, and the new practice of going outside and being in nature has been an incredible break from the stress.

I'm also a photographer so it's been fun to channel that energy into this new found obsession (btw, this shot is mine, taken on our property).