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The kids and I have a new interest.
Birds.
We bought a few bird feeders for Christmas and have been enjoying the divers colors and shapes of the birds that have come to pay us a visit.
I am loving learning how to use my new dSLR with our new subject matter flittering about in our side yard.
Blue jays are the big bullies. Thankfully they don’t show up very often but when they do, let me tell you, everybody else clears the deck.
We have a small eastern North America book on birds and we have been finding out what each of our visitors names are. I need to get us a more detailed bird book but for now it will do.
As I sit here and type this there is a very loud cacophony of geese flying overhead. We have had several groups of them come over in the past hour and there are several hundred in each group. I am actually quite glad they prefer the lake at the next door neighbors house. I don’t really want all that goose poo in my yard.
So get ready for an increase in bird photos thrown in with the occasional flower.
I think of all the birds that visit our yard so far this winter the ones like the most is this Tuffed Titmouse seen above. I think he is a cheeky little fellow.
I caught him with a snow mustache.
Though I don’t like the fact that they are bullies, I do like the brilliant blue of the bluejays.
What can I say? Blue is my favorite color!
Do you ever watch the birds in your yard? What are your favorites to watch?
And those geese over head are still coming in waves…
