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 

kate's 

or

  hilary's

or

  reena's

or

  kerri's

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