I spent the early part of the week working in the yard trying to create something of a bird world. I love watching birds, and lately I’ve been wanting to increase the variety that come around as well as learn who they are.
We’ve had a bird feeder up for the past two years. I fill it up. Mr. Squirrel comes along and empties it onto the ground, and then he and the white-winged doves eat most of the seeds; therefore, the first step was to give Mr Squirrel his own feeder.
He seems to like it.
In addition to the (still vacant) owl house I hung, I put up a wren house. Two Carolina wrens moved in and built a nest of sticks and feathers, and as of yesterday, there were two eggs in the nest.
I also hung up a suet feeder to try to get woodpeckers and finches, and a bluebird nest box (that will probably house more wrens since I’ve never seen a bluebird around here) went up as well.
Here’s the birds I know I’ve seen so far in the past few weeks.
- Carolina wrens
- House finches
- Chipping sparrows
- Cardinals
- Blue jays
- Mockingbirds
- Turkey vultures
- Grackles
- Carolina chickadees
- White-winged doves
I love springtime.
James Brush is a teacher and writer who lives in Austin, TX. He tries to get outside as much as possible.
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