I Have a Thing About...

Hi Sweet Friends!

Hope you are having a wonderful week so far.

The weather is beautiful here and I was really hoping to fill my outdoor urns with new spring blooms, but my sinuses are still acting up so I am having to hold off a while longer.

If you have followed me for any amount of time you know that I have a thing about backyard birds.

I really enjoy watching them dart in and out as they visit the feeders and hearing the beautiful songs they sing!

While in Florida I took pictures of the hummingbirds feeding, did you see them?

While I was waiting for the hummingbirds to visit their feeders there were many other song birds visiting the seed feeders.  A few of these I have never seen here in North Carolina.

I have never seen a bird like this, he looks so soft and fluffy.  Wish I knew what type it is, I saw him once and never again.
I was a long way from the feeders taking these pictures with a zoom lens, so they have been cropped for a closer look.

I thought this was a Chickadee but my friend Rita shared that it is actually a Tufted Titmouse.  It has a black sunflower seed in his beak.

And he's off.

Red Bellied Woodpecker.

Do you see the blueish bird on the back side of the feeder?

I've never seen one of these in my backyard so I did a little research and believe they are Indigo Bunting.  According to All About Birds I should see them because they breed in our area during the summer months and then head farther South for the winter.

The Indigo Bunting were keeping their distance.  Here is one sitting beside a Dove in a far off tree.

FINALLY, he got the courage to come feed...

I was soooo far away from the feeder, but he still kept his eye on me.

These birds are beautiful and sometimes their feathers look dark purple.

And he's off.

Darting in to feed just a time or two, these birds preferred spending their time on far away branches.

While sitting on my stool taking pictures of the birds I happened to look up in a tree and this is what I saw.

He was way, way up in the tree.

How this pole got there I have no idea but the squirrel seemed to enjoy using it as his perch.

How about you, are you a bird (and squirrel) watcher?

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