My Yard Songbirds of NWA
I would be the first to admit, looking at someone else's bird pictures could be even worse than watching your friends home video of their vacation and seeing how much fun 'they' had.
However, for my sake and sanity, I am going to put up my pictures of the birds that come into my view in my own personal 'bird cafe' - if I can get a decent picture, anyway. I doubt I would include any bird studies, articles or anything of that nature' just some pics that I have fun sharing with that rare person who actually enjoys looking at pictures of birds that they didn't see, but I did. :-)
Remember, I started my 'birding' hobby in North Dakota with my 12 yellow finches. Down here in Bella Vista, we have a greater variety. So, I will share my birds with you! After all, what is retirement all about? Watching birds, right? I am not very bird-knowledgeable but maybe I am not too old to learn something yet! Remember, I grew up in the Dakotas with robins, sparrows, blackbirds, pheasants, ducks and geese.
As my birds get more and more exciting and if my photography gets better and better, I will be taking down some of these pics and uploading the better and newer ones. Who knows, maybe I will tire of the same old thing - but for now, it is really enjoyable for me to see my birds getting closer and closer and staying longer and longer.
However, for my sake and sanity, I am going to put up my pictures of the birds that come into my view in my own personal 'bird cafe' - if I can get a decent picture, anyway. I doubt I would include any bird studies, articles or anything of that nature' just some pics that I have fun sharing with that rare person who actually enjoys looking at pictures of birds that they didn't see, but I did. :-)
Remember, I started my 'birding' hobby in North Dakota with my 12 yellow finches. Down here in Bella Vista, we have a greater variety. So, I will share my birds with you! After all, what is retirement all about? Watching birds, right? I am not very bird-knowledgeable but maybe I am not too old to learn something yet! Remember, I grew up in the Dakotas with robins, sparrows, blackbirds, pheasants, ducks and geese.
As my birds get more and more exciting and if my photography gets better and better, I will be taking down some of these pics and uploading the better and newer ones. Who knows, maybe I will tire of the same old thing - but for now, it is really enjoyable for me to see my birds getting closer and closer and staying longer and longer.
In the left picture, do you see the Cardinal peeking through the leaves.
Can you find the Turkey Vulture in the trees just off the deck?
A Red-Bellied Woodpecker. He has a touch of red on his breast - underneath his white belly feathers.
Mamma wren feeding baby wren then keeping the rest of the food for herself.
With all the trees here, there are equal number of squirrels. But if we mix a special kind of 'hot sauce' with the seed, then because the squirrel is a mammal, it burns his mouth. However, birds just have beaks - so they have no clue. So the birds eat to their beaks content while the squirrel shakes its head and leaves with a burning mouth, never to come back - well, almost never, anyway.