Summer Days in Atlanta

We have tried to get our walks completed early in the morning.  Chuck has found  over 40 golf balls so far and we still have a week to go.

The weather was unusually nice the latter part of the week.  We enjoyed sitting outside after our walk in the mornings....

and eating our dinner outside in the evening.

Chuck has taken a lot of good pictures of the birds and the wildlife like these beautiful redheaded woodpeckers.

They really like the dead part of the top of this tree about 80 yards down from our campsite.

Their red heads make them easier to spot in the sun.

This dove liked perching way up in the top of that tree too.

We noticed this bird in a nearby tree that I haven't been able to figure out what kind it is yet.  It has blue tipped wings...

and a speckled breast.  

It kind of looks like a female bluebird but it is a little bigger than any bluebirds I have seen.

Chuck even got a picture of this rare elephant-squirrel.  :)  See his little trunk?  

(Not really.  The branch in front of him just makes it look like he has a trunk.)  

Of course, our favorite "wildlife" to watch is our little granddaughters running,

jumping,

playing,

and giving each other hugs!  :)