Thursday, February 26, 2009

Birds in My Garden

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After several months of trying, I was finally able to get a photo of the male black-backed form of The Lesser Goldfinch, (Carduelis psaltria), that keeps visiting my garden...


These are not the best pics in the world, but I was thrilled to capture him at all since he's so skittish...





And I think this may be his girlfriend...


They were stuck together like glue up in the oak tree and flew away as one once they were finished drinking...





I had another visit from my friend the Yellow-rumped Warbler as well. He checked out my sedum urn first...

Then had a drink in the container water garden...



This winter I've fed a few Superworms to my wrens each day...



I bought a container of two-dozen worms from the local pet store and kept them alive by feeding them bits of carrot and oats. My cat, Mariah, thought they were very interesting...


But she didn't eat them, of course. She seems to be thinking, "Very funny Mom. Now where's the tuna?"



"I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm." Franklin D. Roosevelt





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