The Daily Bird #621.

A lovely little Siskin from Charly, click for full size.

Snowdrop.

A beautiful and poignant Snowdrop from Giliell, click for full size!

First Crocus.

From Sillybill: I saw this crocus popping up outa the ground Sunday and thought a small vision of the coming spring might make you smile. I’m not a good photographer, lousy camera, lot’s of hand jitter – I’ll work on getting better. I have to say, I don’t care about the lousy photographer business, because these did make me smile, and more. It’s been ages since I’ve been out in early March to photograph Windflower, the one reliable source which brings the promise of Spring, so I’m going to get out in the cow pastures this year.

Garden Flowers.

Exquisite flowers from Nightjar, using the flash at dusk technique, a fave of mine. Click for full size!

Water Play.

Wonderful shots from David, click for full size! Photographing water is one of my favourite things to do, I could do that all day.

Promise.

A stunning Coreopsis from Opus, a promise of all the golden wonder of Spring. Definitely click for full size!

Sacred Lotus.

From David, oh so beautiful Sacred Lotus, click for full size!

Fire & Grass Trees.

From Lofty: Another fire survivor is the local Grass tree (Xanthorrhoea quadrangulata) that resprouts and flowers after fire. Click for full size!

Rats: Cooperative and Kind.

The photo is from when my beloved Chester was terminal, and all the other rats took turns caring for him, keeping him warm and letting him know he wasn’t alone. Phys.org has a couple of good articles up about rats:

Behaviour study shows rats know how to repay kindness.

Rats help each other out just as humans do.

Of course, none of this is news to those of us who are kept by rats.