"Patience is a Virtue...

Possess it if you can; Seldom in a woman and never in a man." One of my mother's favourite homilies. I fall into the seldom category. Today was a splendid day; hardly any wind, endless blue sky and warm temperatures. The birds in the backyard love the feeder and have no guilt over the fact that spring/summer seems to be here. They come and squabble over who should be first. Birds aren't supposed to be patient but a human should be able to learn...this is a picture I took earlier in the afternoon. If you look closely, you can see a male cross-bill on the feeder and a sparrow and a yellow-green female cross-bill on the fence. I have a lens and my camera is decent BUT I had to sit patiently and wait for the birds.

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This little guy is, of course, a red-winged blackbird. A little bold and loud and actually brave. The crows don't really like them around. The blackbirds found the bird feeder and they come in raucous groups. If I had been more patient, I could have had a really good shot or two of the them. 
I decided the birds had left and took my camera in although I was still sitting outside.

This last picture is the cross-bills again. The female is faded looking and at the front of the feeder. The male is looking right at me and is orange. Yes, I was pretty close to them but yup, my camera was in the house so I had to use my phone.
This patience thing will take some well, patience. Maybe I will get the hang of it before the end of the summer. I have a tripod I could set up and then I could wait and...
I am not short of fantasies but maybe I'll stop before I get as far as imagining National Geographic at the door. Yes...back to patience, an admirable quality.