advantages to being home sick

there are 
some advantages
to being home sick 

getting to sleep as long as you want 
or
 as long as 
your cough congested head/chest permit 
is
 high on my list

 i woke
 to
 a
 chirp chirp chirp 
that didn't sound familiar

 truthfully
 i know nothing about birds
 can't tell a sparrow from a house finch
 but
 i do know
 we have
 both 
jays and mourning doves
 frequenting 
our small cement backyard
 by our 
i mean the brownstone's
 not mine

 there are also pigeons 
they fly around a lot 
roosting on areas 
which have been 
supposedly
 made
 pigeon proof

 nothing
 deters 
those flying germ bags

 jays
 have a distinctive caw

 mourning doves
 sound very sad
sort of like a fog horn

 this 
chirp chirp chirp
was different

 once i was up i forgot about it 
til 
i saw
 the cats in the bedroom
 sitting
 low down
 looking up

 there on the neighbor's boathouse 
yes 
they built this thing that houses their boat 
i have no idea 
how
 they got the boat
 through their house
 and 
into the yard
 but ... 

anyway
 i spy the cats spying
 so 
i bend down
 look up 

there
 on top of the boat house
 is 
a bird
 i think is a female cardinal

i decide to get a photo 

of course
 by the time
 i got back 
with
 the long lens
 she was gone

 i left the camera there
 so
 next time
 i would be prepared

 it took 2 days of waiting
 but 
i finally got a photo

 now
 i warn you
 i shot through a screen
 into
 heavy shade
 so
 its not 
one
 of 
or
or
or
beautiful bird shots


in that photo
you can't see her tuft
or 
her coloring

so i googled
got this



its what she looks like

i think she's got a nest nearby
maybe i will get a better shot maybe not