They're some excellent photos Roger. Glad you post them.
And on the subject of birds flying within reach, an old engineer I knew on Rogers Pass had crows so tame that they would fly beside the cab and take tidbits from his hand.
Wildlife is fun to observe, and I always have binocs with me while waiting for trains.
Cheers,
Ralph
“My heart is warm with the friends I make, And better friends I’ll not be knowing;
Yet there isn’t a train I wouldn’t take, No matter where it’s going.”
- - - - - - - “Travel”, by Edna St. Vincent Millay