Texas style photography and words
Finally, the Eastern Bluebirds have decided to nest in our yard.
I am beyond excited we have been trying to get them to nest in many birdhouses we have for the last few years.
They are a bit picky when it comes to birdhouses. They do not like perches on therehouses, they do not want to be in a tree or above 5ft in height.
We will keep this in mind for the future.
Birding in our yard is priceless because I never know what I might get to see.
I have been taking quite a few pics lately of the birds having birdbath parties.
Out of the corner of my eye I spotted some very bright low and behold it was a Bullock’s Oriole. These birds are from West Texas not our area so its not wonder I have never seen one before. I had to come in and grab my Birds of Texas book and look him up.
Notice the water spraying across the picture from the action of the birds in the water.
I have seen him two days in a row and both times he was with the Eastern Bluebirds so I am guessing they are friends.
Since the birds seem to crowd into the shallow birdbath the most I am going to take my deep ones and turn them into planters and I will figure out how to have a trough type bird bath so 20 or so can get in at the same time. Just imagine the pictures with that.
Its so funny because there will be 8 in the birdbath and another 8 flying around waiting for the shallow birdbath. By the time they are done there is no water left in the birdbath.
I go out and refill it and they will come back while I am still outside.
I love my birds as much as my grandmother and my dad did.
Appreciate the beauty of nature it is all around us take the time to enjoy it each and everyday.
The Eastern bluebirds nested somewhere close by our house but not in any of our 6 birdhouses.I caught the dad and two babies in the birdbath yesterday.
I have been seeing lots of activity at the birdbaths due to the heat. They like the shallow ones rather than my deep ones but I added stuff in the deep ones but they are still a no go.
I love getting to see the young ones I have never seen the juvenile bluebirds before.
This really made my day.
This juvenile yellow crowned night heron has been hanging around in our pasture.
They say the juveniles will stay in the area they are raised for a good while.
We have had a lot of crawdads from all the rain and that is one thing they love to eat. You will often see these birds in the ditches hunting for bugs and crawdads.
Nature never ceases to amaze me and I truly enjoy getting to see her beauty in the wildlife that graces us with its presence from time to time.
Everyday gives us the opportunity to enjoy life to the fullest.
Open your eyes to see nature and your ears to hear it.
Look around at the flowers, trees, grass, and the sky.
Listen to the birds sing.
Tune into to nature her beauty is wonderful.
The Texas state bird is the mockingbird.
We have had one hanging around in our yard I know it is the same one is she goes to the exact same trees in the same spot every day.
Shes always singing and making noise. The only thing I hate is she keeps the bluebirds out of the yard I have seen her chase them off.
In the second picture, she caught a spider with eggs. Her favorite tree is a dead one.
The singing of a mockingbird is constant it is like they do not even take a breath.
The ducks have been back about a month now.
Sometimes there are just two and other times there are 10 but almost always they are in pairs.
In this picture, there was only three I am not sure what happened but sometimes the other partner shows up a few minutes later.
Are you ducks in a row?
Last year we got lucky and the cedar waxwings found other mulberry trees so we actually got to pick some.
This year they are eating our mulberries before we can pick them.
There will be 60 in the tree at the same time chowing down.
Daisy was mad because she loves mulberries and she went out there and was looking all over the ground to find some. I finally found a few on the ground for her. Yes, our dog picks berries lol.
Nature is so beautiful and these birds colors are truly amazing. I enjoy watching them even if they are thieves.
Every now and then you see a bird whos markings are different.
This little guy I think is a woodlark is much lighter and really stood out at the feeder.
I love getting the chance to photograph different types of birds than I normally see.
How many bird feeders do you have?
We have 3 off the side deck 4 in the backyard that are similar. Then we have two hanging feeders, two wire cage feeders that hold the suet. Then we put out 3 hummingbird feeders.
Proving nature with the seeds for life gives me the chance to help them out and get a few pictures in the process. It is a win-win situation.
