H.J. Ruiz – Avian101 – Page 974 – "My Backyard Visitors" – All about birds

Do you know where your kids are?

It’s funny to see a bunch playing tag around the backyard, especially the N. Mockingbirds. They’re all over the place! 🙂

I’ve observed that the older or let’s say… the mature Mockingbirds stand guard on top of a tree or any high point while the young or immature are strolling, pecking for bugs, worms, grubs,etc. But I’ve noticed that they open their wings and flash the white broad bars making them very noticeable in the high grass. In other words, the parents must know where their little ones are at all times. Good strategy!

I got some photos of what I’ve just observed: Isn’t it cool?

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Gallery of birds

Here I bring you more of my photo work, birds are abundant now that weather is improving.

Enjoy the view!

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Children and birds

Yesterday I did some more work on the far side of my backyard and about the time I’d finished a friend passed by pushing a baby carriage with his two adopted kids. One is four years old and the other approximately one year old. They were just going for a stroll since it wasn’t too hot a weather.

My friend was explaining his son about the bird houses and the birds and the little girl just looked around from the stroller.

Later when they were passing by my house again in direction back to theirs, I had a little surprise for the boy, I had a new birdhouse for him, he accepted it and was very excited, his Dad was too. He was telling the boy about where to install it etc. It gave me a lot of satisfaction to make a kid happy and to promote care for birds. My friend asked me about my Blog address and was going to take a look.

It’s the least I can do for my avian friends. 🙂

I have some more photos for you today. Have a great day!

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Family grows!

We are getting a break on the hot weather now, it’s only in the high 80s 🙂 Thanks G-d!

Yesterday I worked on the far side of the backyard, it was starting to look like a jungle.

It is hard work no doubt, I’m sure that I lost a few pounds with all the sweat I exuded. ( Not that I don’t need it! )

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Observing all the birds that come to our feeders I’ve come to realized that most of them were hatched on our grounds, that they are like if they’re our own babies.

There’s a skinny N. Mockingbird that hangs out on our deck and comes to our patio door all the time, face to face with one of our cats (VanGogh – See photo in gallery)

Our cats never go out by the way. Anyway, VanGogh gets all excited, you can see him sitting looking through the door very alert and quiet but you can see his tail is wagging like a whip, meanwhile the Mockingbird is walking and hopping around in front of him.

The other day this same mockingbird came to my window and kind of tap on the glass, there’s not enough room on the sill of the window so he flew away. I think he’s getting very familiar with people.

Today I post some pictures of the “little guys” that are members of our large family in our backyard, they make me a proud father. I never expected to see so many!! 🙂