Bird stuff

[libertine]

Sunday January 2 was the annual Audubon Bird count here on the Peninsula...maybe every where...anyway it was so foggy you couldn't see a bird in front of your nose. About 3 pm we were driving downtown, and it was starting to clear. On top of one of the traffic light poles sat a bald eagle.

Eagles are not rare or unique here in the summer, but it is a little strange to see one in the winter, especially perched somewhere in town. They usually fly over looking at the river.

Then Monday the waxwings came through in full force and devoured the mountain ash berries. What a sight. I love to watch them. They are so skittish they land only for enough time to each take one berry then they're off again.

I'm not a real birder. I don't go on field trips and such, but i do enjoy watching the different ones we get in the yard during the year. They are almost as faithful a harbinger of the season as the calendar is...sometimes moreso (she says as it is January 3, 2005 in Kenai, Alaska, raining like mad and about 30 degrees). ANd I'm always a little proud when I can name a species that no one else qite knows the name for.

Anyone else feed the birds??

[weeder]

I love birds. Actually I belonged to the Audabon society when I was in the 4th and 5th grade. In Virginia I saw humming birds for the first time. I was always looking for them. Elusive little creatures. Huge woodpeckers, and then woodpeckers of all types. Blue buntings are incredible. Electric blue. Great Horned owls, are also a common site in Virginia. I miss the birds. Here in Georgia the bird I am thrilled to see is The Blue Heron, because this is marsh land. Pelicans are here also. Ive loved Geese since I was a child. Its interesting though.. I do not really enjoy domestic caged birds all that much. I lke to see them in the wild.

[LottomagicZ4941]

I have seen two Eagels in Colorado but I don't recall what time of year it was.

One was over our farm once and the other I saw at camp with the Boy Scouts.

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