My outside birds

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My American Goldfinch is BACK!!!!

First time I saw him was last year... and I'd never ever seen

one before that. told me, then, that his mother always

called them "Wild Canaries".. and they do resemble a house

canary, except they aren't all yellow and I think they are much

prettier than a house canary because of the sharp contrast of

the black piping/striping of their wings.

Just saw one of several pairs of Mourning Doves as well..

hopefully all of them will be back and I'll see all of them

lining the fence in search of a meal.

Have a NEW finch as well.. looks like it might be a Cassin's

Finch.. I had to go out and search the net to identify him/her..

but with the Red head I would think more him than her..

I have a bunch of different types of finches, sparrows &

sputzies. Some of the finches are very impressive. I think my

2nd favorite type of finch is the one or two with the dark black

heads with a white throat. The Goldfinch is my very favorite.

Haven't seen Mr. or Mrs. Blue Jay yet, but we've heard them. Mr.

& Mrs. Cardinal stayed around all winter. It seems that all

the birdies are back to the new bird feeder regularly now that

they've gotten used to it's red top. The old one was all green.

I just hope that the woodpeckers don't come back, because it

seems their favorite meal is my roof! I'm not real fond of the

Grackles either. Extremely beautiful bird, but they keep all the

others away from the feeder & the fence.

My squirrels are having breakfast now as well.. And I'm pretty

sure that I've seen all three of the squirrels this morning too!

Now if I could only sit on the porch and have them visit. When

I lived in CT, I did have a few squirrels that I swore knocked

on the slider door to get their daily helping of popcorn. They

definitely lined up and looked in the window, even when someone

was sitting at the dining room table!

Just had to share this morning!

HUGS

|)onna