backyard wildlife...

I like my backyard birds and wildlife.  Does this make me 'old'?  I have a pocket field guide (for Kansas) bird book.  Does this make me a 'nerd'?  Although some may answer "yes" to both questions, bird watching is a fantastic way to spend your Saturday mornings! (again-does this make me an 'old nerd'?) I'll admit, aside from robins, I never knew other types of birds were in the city.  I figured all of the 'exciting' colorful birds were in the wild.  A couple of years ago, rb bought me a bird feeder pole system.  This piece of backyard equipment has been the topic of many conversations and a A LOT of excitement! Don't believe me, well just ask Wilma...my 80+ year old neighbor ;) Old Nerd or not, if you ever decide to stop by, you'll be simply amazed...

 bird pole feeder system

american gold finch: male on your right-female on your left 

 an upside down squirrel

 baltimore oriole-male-eating grape jelly

 my favorite-gray catbirds-i'm assuming one is female & one is male

 gray catbird

 the male oriole again

 mr. studmuffin

 mourning doves-always looking for food on the ground-they're peaceful

 female baltimore oriole

i don't know if this is a purple finch or a house finch...sorry-i'm thinking house finch-male

 american robin-male-we have a nest near the back door and the mom dive bombs us when we go outside...dad just watches-typical

 needs sunglasses-light.is.hurting.my.eyes!!

eugene-the squirrel

 downward dog on the yoga mat

 baker-(smiling) on a rock

top of camelback mountain-phoenix

I've realized that I don't have any pictures of the local woodpeckers and several other common (exciting) birds we have.  I just bought some bark butter which should yield some good pics. I will work on this and post them sometime in the future.  Keep checking back for another exciting bird post!!!

Also, as your local bird expert (as seen from the aforementioned photos) please let me know if you have any questions...

And, since I've (obviously) somewhat mastered the bird scene around here...I'm working on identifing bird tweets.  This is proving very difficult...haha.  So much for this old bird nerd...

And one last note...I'm not the only one who lives at this house that likes birds, bird watching, & bird noises...just sayin'...