When we moved here to central Texas, there was a wee wooden sign posted in one corner of our property reading "Lake Forest Wild Bird Sanctuary". It has proven to be fact!
At our small 1920 apartment building in Kansas, we saw lots of house sparrows and, rarely, an occasional blue jay or cardinal. A year or so ago an unknown raptor nested in our old elm tree, scaring away all other birds (except those silly, brave sparrows).
Here in the woods, we have identified over 30 types of birds in our yard in the past 7 months, many more in the neighborhood. And they keep on coming! Of course, when I chose to sketch as many as I could see on Thursday, none showed up except the constant hummingbirds . . . . We have both ruby-throated and black-chinned hummers.
(Who knew they actually SQUEAK like a dog's squeaky toy?!? I knew you could hear the "hum" of their wings but our hummers perch in a nearby crepe myrtle and squeak at us!)
These are so wonderful!
ReplyDeleteNice work. Such a homey scene. My mother puts out hummingbird feeders every summer.
ReplyDeleteHow nice you get to enjoy lots of birds. ... and to draw them.
ReplyDeleteThanks, everyone! We are definitely enjoying the variety . . . . and bird song is so much nicer to wake up to than cars, loud stereos, etc.
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