The Usual Suspects!

I would like to announce that we are 90% moved! There is still some "stuff" in our old house that will have to come out before we can put a sold sign on it. Not to worry...It hasn't sold, yet. Any are welcome to crash there as needed...Just bring your own bed and leave a quarter on the counter every time you open the fridge. When you leave take a bag of anything you can find with you. I'd like to just have someone haul what's left away. Do I really need all those boxes of mystery items in the basement?  Good riddance to all that rubbish. It's time to get back to the business of life!

So, here I am at a new house. New possibilities. New furniture. New floors. New birds? Not really! That's okay. I've been able to start a new list. My list has so far been just the usual suspects. Now stop laughing. I know I just moved across the street, but I can still hope for a different bird or two in this yard. I do have the same turkeys, but I've never seen a turkey do this...


Speaking of suspicious behavior. I'm guessing this guy is up to no good. Look at his positioning! I'm hoping he'll go for a bit larger prey than my House Wrens!

I'm so happy with the bird activity that I do have in my yard. Even though it is just the usual backyard birds, there seems to be a lot more of them! I'm going to leave you with a few more snapshots of birds in my yard.  It's back to work for me!

Crazy Neighbor Lady

I thought I was getting a picture of a Fox but it was a Song!

This skulker was so hard to capture.  The Fox Sparrow is a large
sparrow that is sneaky like fox and is on his way to his breeding
grounds in the boreal forest far north from us!

I love Saturdays.  I'm sure this isn't a surprise announcement to anyone.  Once spring migration begins I can't wait to spring out of bed every morning and dash outside to listen for any new songs.  The next birds due in are the White-Throated and White Crowned Sparrows.  I've seen their cousins Fox and Song.  I heard Chipping yesterday, but never saw him.

So this Saturday morning I was outside checking on my feeders when I heard a song I'd not heard before, but knew what it was immediately!  Gobble...Gobble.  I bet you guessed it, too.  Turkeys.  I had missed them in the front yard last week displaying.  (My daughter managed to  get a picture for me....Thank you, Ella!)  I wanted to hear them and see them.  I turkey trotted inside to get my equipment.  Did I mention, I'm in my pink polka dotted PJs which are covered by my big purple robe?  My feet are housed in matching slippers.  If you want a chuckle, imagine me at my neighbor's fence on top of a planting area about two feet up.  Camera around my neck and binoculars glued to my eyes.  I'm looking all around for the  turkeys I hear two yards down.  My neighbor on the other side walks out with a load of garbage for his can.  He is dressed to be outside.  He does a double take at me, and just shakes his head.  Do you think he saw me?! I waited for him to go back inside before I skulked back inside like a fox sparrow.  I'd like to say I'll never go out in my PJs again, but that's not true...It just won't be tomorrow.  I never did see those darn turkeys.  Now I'm inside hiding, but I'd rather be birding!
Jenny

These turkeys show up regularly to eat the many acorns our trees
produce.  This picture was taken in the fall!