I love the sound of the birds in the yard and this weather has been perfect for having the windows open so I can hear them.  The echinacea is going to seed much to the delight of the gold finches.  They sing like crazy while they are munching down on their favorite seeds.

     The cardinals nested in the neighbor’s trees and have used my yard as their playground.  It’s a delight to watch them.

     I have a pair of catbirds who spend most of their day in the yard, along with robins, a few wrens, woodpeckers, grackles, and starlings.  We have house finches, chickadees, nuthatches, brown thrashers, and several varieties of sparrows who love to take dirt baths under my flowering almond. 

     However, the kings of our flying friends are the hawks.  We have red tails, sharp shinned, and coopers.  We also have Peregrine falcons.

     This year we were disappointed not to have a duck visitation. 

     We live smack dab in the middle of town, I always find it amazing as to the variety we do get.

     You all have a good one.