Birds

What a wonderful word to think about and to write about this time of year. We have had so many Yellow Finches, Blue Jays, Cardinals, Titmice, Bluebirds, and Doves. We also will have five or six Hummingbirds a little later. It is really no wonder we have lots of birds as we have fresh water and many feeders full of food. The birds that flock around the Owens' yard are well taken care of! We have three Hummingbird feeders, six feeders full of Black Oil Sunflower seeds, four socks full of Thistle seed for the Finches, and one block of Woodpecker seed and one block of Suet, and something new, meal worms for the Bluebirds. We also have three bluebird houses located away from the house.

Beautiful redheaded woodpecker.

We set out four new feeders Thursday. Two are especially nice. One has a large capacity and a huge opening for the refilling of the sunflower seeds, and the other we mounted right in front of the living room window. It will not be long till we will be photographing beautiful birds from three feet away!

Bird watching, bird feeding, and taking pictures of birds are hobbies we are very glad we discovered. We have seen a few special birds in our yard, over the years. Most memorable have been a white Pigeon, a Sharp Shinned Hawk, Red Headed Woodpeckers(how dignified in their tuxedos), and right now we have two Muscovy ducks that decided they needed adopting. We love our birds and decided long ago we would feed them year round. That is a decision we are glad we made!