Friday, May 18, 2007

Backyard Friends


I know it's kind of silly to do a post about birds and a chipmunk but I just enjoy them so much. Since I was born and raised in California there really is not a wide variaty of wildlife in the city so I think I enjoy nature more since moving to Illinois. We have a large post in the backyard with several different bird feeders so I can look out the window and enjoy the birds. We usually have a Cardinal family, Redwinged blackbirds, Woodpeckers, Sparrows, American Goldfinchs, and a Wren who doesn't show is face much but only his song. Yesterday we had a new friend on our feeder, it was a Rose-Breased Grosbeak (black and white bird with read chest top left photo). It was really cool to see something new. We also have a chipmunk that cleans up what the birds drop.

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