6-5-2015 Life As Usual

We are enjoying seeing family every day.  We sometimes have one meal a day together.

Today we spent part of the afternoon with them.  Jeff had a flight today.  He left about 9 a.m. and returned about 4 p.m.

As mentioned in previous entries we are parked at the fairground.  There is a large grass pasture in front of us.

This is one of our favorite birds to watch.

 This is a SCISSORTAIL FLYCATCHER!  When seen in flight their tail opens into the shape of scissors.

Scissortails are  found in the southwest part of the US.  They are found in SW Missouri, western Arkansas, and Texas.  Their territory has been moving to the north and east.  When we lived in Poplar Bluff MO there was one pair that nested in the top of the Bootheel of Missouri.