oh.. update first... The family is all here, we are under one roof. I am working, my children (atleast for two more weeks) are all in school, and my husband has found temporary work to help with the bills, etc. YAY! I am working on adjusting my attitude towards grattitude and joy, and edging away from the ungrateful bad attitude i have carried around.. (Thank you to my sister for the epiphany on that one!)
So.. Mr. Blue bird... A couple months ago, i was at a wonderful place in Hot Springs AR called, "The Wild Bird Store" amazing place. A blue bird house was purchased and they installed the copper shield for me.. (blue birds are very picky btb... ) A few days later i spotted a blue bird on the fence... grabbed my husband and showed him, and with in half an hour the blue bird house was up on it's post and waiting. The most amazing things is that less than an hour later that bird was filling it up and making a next so he could go courtin' The next day his bride arrived, and now we here hungry little birds every time momma shows up with a worm.
One of the funnier moments happened when Mr. Blue Bird decided to be dead beat dad for a few hours... the guy was sitting on a fence about 12 yards away, singing, and carrying on... fully enjoying the sprinkler and the sunshine. The whole time Momma blue bird is cautiously leaving the house, running out for "groceries" and running back again. after about 3 to 4 hours of this constant working and his lazyness... i saw her perch up on top of the house and call to him. he chirped back... and she called again... you could almost see the slump in his wings.. as he trudged back over to the house. then the tweeting REALLY took off... she bird cussed him up one side and down the other.... two chirps from him and then he was off getting worms... bringing them to her on the roof and then she took them to the babies. GO MOMMA BLUE BIRD! i was impressed, my husband was chagrinned and my children were duly entertained. it was awesome.
Okay... so a couple weeks ago (i think right after the babies were born) daddy blue bird started coming to the windows. now we all thought, (including the experts at the Wild Bird Store) that he could see his reflection and was being protective. We all started to notice however, that the bird did not attack the glass, but would sit and watch. If i changed rooms so did the Daddy Blue Bird. In fact, i woke up from a nap one day to find him staring at me!
If i go out side he now follows me... and will tweet quite vehemently at me if the bird feeders are empty.
We are enchanted by these lovely birds. And are discovering new lovely birds every day.
We have seen (And identified.. cuz we've seen ALOT of birds here)
Indigo Bunting (male and female)
5 or 6 different finches including a bright yellow one (male and female)
Cardinals (male and female... oooh the females are very colorful here btb)
4 or 5 kinds of wood peckers
blue herons
crows (dur)
owls
hawks
canada geese (I still say it's candian when it's plural, but my daughter's teacher says otherwise)
Oh.. i just saw the time.. must go to work... will post again soon!
CIAO!
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