Birds and Bloom
Our fair
weathered friends
Our
backyard birding adventures started with hanging
bird feeders on the big tree in our front yard...
and then we added two more off of our front porch
This
summer (2002) we added a birdbath
(a mockingbird is visiting in the picture above)
The
neighborhood ducks like it here, too,
they eat the seed off the ground
We started putting up birdhouses
and the birds started checking them out right away!
This pair
of Eastern Bluebirds had two
successful nestings
in this box over the summer
and I was
lucky enough to get this picture
of one of the fledglings as it took it's first
flight out of the nestbox and to the tree
outside our bedroom window!
another picture of the baby bluebird
We also
hung a few hummingbird feeders and they
were
hugely popular - these pictures show two females
trying to chase each other away from the feeder
Here's a
picture of a red bellied woodpecker
who is a frequent visitor to our feeders.
I'm not sure what
kind of bird this is
but it is a frequent visitor to our garden
and does not go to the feeders
For the
summer of 2002, we had three pairs of bluebirds use our nestboxes,
as well as a pair of wrens and a tufted titmouse couple! Very
exciting stuff!!
(except for the House Sparrow worries)
We are sure looking forward to next year's breeding season!
Want to know more
about Bluebirds?
The Bluebird Box is a great place to start!
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This page updated November 4, 2002