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Great news G-mom bluebirds wow!! I know how anxious you must be waiting to see them come out,get your camera girl.I'm still waiting to see mine first hummers?I got their feeder out due to the fact that my hubby said he seen one but I'm not sure of that and let me tell you all I have been like that cat going across the top of the page stopping,sleeping for a few seconds and running again trying to see the hummers!!!ha,ha, bye

ME TOO!

I'm getting lots of exercise running back and forth between the 2 houses that have nests...trying to get a peek

Baby birds already? Birds are just building nests here in Central TX.I have my usual summer crew of titmice, chickadees, wrens, doves, cardinals, house finches (the goldfinches only winter here and have moved on)roadrunners, turkey and black vultures, hawks, and those dratted English sparrows. Hate those bloomin' sparrows! They raid nests, break eggs, kill both babies and adult birds. They took over my Purple Martin houses and chased them off. Birdhouses don't need to be attached to a tree. I have a couple of them on a pole. That way they are pretty safe from predators, except those sparrow and starlings will do it too.
Fortunately, I don't have any of them

I think I've seen a pine siskin, robin, something that is black speckled with a yellow bill, and something very fast with a wide white band on it's wings. Sure is easy to tell I know nothing about birds.

There is a wonderful book printed by Readers Digest "North American Wildlife" that really helps me alot. It has Birds,trees,plants and Wildlife listed in it with full color photos of everything,description of habitat,migration,etc. I found mine at a used book dealer(at the flea market)for $2.

G-Mom

I saw a new bird yesterday,they breed in Florida but,in 42 years of living here have NEVER seen one.

Indigo Bunting

They are like the hummers...they go to South america during the winter. They are unusual in the fact that they migrate in flocks at night and navigate by the stars...cool,huh

G-Mom

That is cool and what a pretty bird.

HEY ALL
I MISS MY BIRDS ah i'm kidding but i do have to do something about them there kids. i want my birds to come back

I spotted another new one yesterday. At first I thought they were Indigo Buntings,till I saw the brown wing stripes.

Blue Grosbeak

Don't you just LOVE spring!!

G-Mom

I'm new at this, so this might be a silly question, but do butterflys really live in houses? I have never seen a butterfly house before! Do they have to have specific dimensions? Thanks!

algerunc
here is a link that another gardener(mike)posted i hope it helps...
http://www.birdnests.com/bestnest/butterfly_houses.asp

algerunc, Butterflies like to be sheltered from wind and rain and preditory birds, so yes they will use them. If you have a good food source for them and some basking rocks and a water source you've made quite a butterfly resort. lol

Mommy and Daddy Cardinal at the birdbath...



I wish I could have gotten a picture when the Indigo Bunting,Goldfinch and Cardinal were in it together,THAT would have been a cool picture

G-Mom

That is a cool picture. It was a definite Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

This morning I had an unidentified bird telling me what was what from outside my livingroom window. The bread crumbs were outside the kitchen window one over from where he was. I couldn't see what kind of bird it was because my livingroom windows are frosted. But I've got to admit it had me amused.

It sure would be nice if they'd introduce themselves to us LOL

G-Mom

...or wear nametags

Last night I made corn muffins, I got 2, chippy sniched 2 while I wasn't looking, and the window ledge got the other two. I wonder if the sparrow will like the change in menu.

gardening buddies my hummers are back and they are late this year cause my hummingbird feeders has been out for weeks but I don't care now that I have seen them their back and I'm glad.Bye