Mother's Day Surprise Out My Window

A few weeks back I purchased a bird feeder specifically for thistle seed. I really wanted to attract the prettier birds to my yard. The redheaded house finches have been eating at the regular bird feeder for several weeks and finally found the thistle feeder last week.

But this morning I had at my feeders the beautiful yellow canaries. A pair has come to my yard to feed. It was such a wonderful Mother's Day surprise.

And yesterday we noticed that a pair of blue & white swallows have taken up residence in the home-made bird house that my husband built out of a rotten old log. He cleaned out the inside, bored a hole for the door, added a perch below it, and then finished it off with an old piece of plywood for the roof.

I have always loved to watch birds and I'm really glad that my trees outside of my kitchen window finally got big enough to hold my feeders.

Happy Mother's Day

A Fine Spring Day For The Birds

Male House Finch enjoying an afternoon snack.

A thunder storm rolled through really quickly this afternoon. The rain pelted against my kitchen window for a time and I was thinking how glad I was for the water on my lawn. But, it didn't last long and so on Monday I will still have to drag all the hoses out and water my lawn with the sprinklers.

He has seen me through the window and is checking me out.

After the storm had passed the sun shone bright again. Out at the bird feeder the sparrows and house finches were getting a late afternoon snack.

This little Male House Finch is so pretty and I enjoy watching him while he eats or flutters up into the branches of the tree. He is very observant so today he caught me watching him and taking his picture. While he perched on the branches checking me out, I bet he was wondering what I was up to and why I was interrupting his snack.

Okay little bird. I will go back to what I was doing so you can enjoy your fine spring day.