Bear with me

If you are new here and did not know this already, you are about to find out in a hurry that i am a nerd...a bird nerd!! I just can't help myself.

red bellied woodpecker

photo: birdingconsultant.com

This gorgeous guy was in my backyard today. A first time appearance. I wish i had taken this picture but i was too dumbstruck to move...i did not want to scare him away. The kids and i stood there and watched him until he flew off. I was so distracted watching the feeder hoping that he would come back that i burned Avery's lunch. oops!!!

Crash Landing

This little guy(titmouse) had a unfortunate run in with my backdoor slider this week. Hard enough that he left some feathers behind. i was washing up some dishes and then i heard the crash. And there he/she sat on my patio...still and scared! Poor little thing...he just sat there and looked at me like, "what are you going to do now?". Then the kids gathered around...you can imagine that this did nothing to settle his nerves. But, maybe his brain was addled from hitting the window so hard that he did not notice. The three kids were so concerned, and we were all soon relieved to see that this little guy got his head straightened out and he flew off again to join his friends...about half and hour later.

Babies and Backyard Fun!

When we were not paying attention our first batch of bluebird babies flew the nest....one day we did not hear their cute little chirps anymore. We were sad to see that they were gone but so excited that they had come and made a home and a family in our yard to begin with. Well very recently we noticed a lot more activity than usual around the birdhouse. Suspecting that something was up Chris peeked in a few days ago and found 5 perfect little blue eggs.

Just last night when he checked on them again he found these two sweet little babies. They are so fuzzy and cute. Like little old bald men. We have been oohing and aahing over the pictures all night. Last time my sister asked for me to give her a little size perspective, so we measured the nest. It is only about 4 inches wide, and these little guys are barely two inches, and those eggs are really truly the size of a easter cadbury egg, the little tiny ones.

and these two...they made themselves a little fort and then discovered the lid/roof also made a good boat....you can bet that they were singing row row row your boat the whole time.