One Woman's Quest II

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My Heart’s Song is…

VJbirdwatching, blogging, challenge, photographybirds, CFFC, colour, orange, photos4 Comments

…a little orange bird.

(Altamira Oriole and Vermillion Flycatcher from personal collection. For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Color of your choice.)

4 thoughts on “My Heart’s Song is…”

Keith says:

February 17, 2019 at 1:28 pm

So, cute. It almost looks like a scoop of orange sorbet.

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1. V.J. Knutson says:
  
  February 17, 2019 at 2:09 pm
  
  It does! Thanks Keith.
  
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Cee Neuner says:

February 16, 2019 at 12:04 pm

and it’s singing in orange. Beautiful photos. 😀

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1. V.J. Knutson says:
  
  February 16, 2019 at 12:36 pm
  
  Thanks for letting us pick our colour.
  
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