The day before Thanksgiving, in the snow, I saw this little guy on one of my hummingbird feeders. He sat here for ages, just drinking the sugar water, which must not have been frozen solid. We have seen hummingbirds almost daily this winter. Funny cute little guys.
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| Hummingbird, having Thanksgiving dinner. |
And today I saw two pileated woodpeckers in my neighbor's yard. These guys are amazing looking. Sometimes I see them on my walk, on dead trees in Forest Park, near our house. Big and very distinctive.
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| Pileated Woodpecker, courtesy of National Geographic, just like the ones I see. Thanks, NG! |
Lately, one of Charlie's favorite books here is
Have You Seen Birds?, a cute book about all kinds of birds, told in a poem. (And illustrated with Sculpey clay sculptures -- quite unique.)
So, yes, We Have Seen Birds.
(We LOVE birdwatching - or rather, Birding - hence the name of this blog...)
Today's Book Recommendation:
The Grail Bird, by Tim Gallagher. Very interesting book about the search for the Ivory-billed Woodpecker (looks like the Pileated, but much bigger and different color patterns, and is supposedly extinct, but maybe not really....who knows?)
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