I take so many photos during the “golden hour” of the morning, but Patrik L ‘s photo challenge got me really paying attention to that light this week. Sometimes the sunrise really lights up golden, but I also love the way that light lands on the trees, plants and birds. In particular, I love the way golden light will turn the feathers of black/dark colored birds gold.

Here are my entries this week - a particularly golden sunrise, gold light on a purple martin, golden light hitting the top of a field of corn, gold light on a turkey vulture’s otherwise dark feathers, golden light showing off the colors of a grackle, and last (and maybe least) I took a selfie in that warm light of the rising sun. (that light covers up a lot of flaws!)