Backyard Birdies on Nature Friday!

 

Rosy here, in my Bird of Paradise bandana, to give you a peek at some of the birdies we have been seeing in our backyard!  

 

 

First up we have a female Gambel's Quail. They are pretty skittish and, for some reason, they fly up and sit on the fence whenever I come outside....

 

 

 

Next up, we have a couple types of  hummingbird friends that like to visit our feeders. The Black Chinned hummingbirds, like this guy, visit every day. They argue and fight over who gets first dibs at the feeder.

 

 

 

We think this may be a Broad Tailed hummingbird, but Mama is having a hard time identifying it because they don't sit still too long! 

 

They both fly over my head most of the time, so I haven't had a chance to "observe" them.

 

You will probably recognize our next guests. They visit in the middle of the day to get a drink from our waterfall and sometimes stay to take a bath. 

 

 Here we have a juvenile Cooper's Hawk.  He never lands when I am outside, but Mama says he sure is cute, she loves his little heart pantaloons!

 

 

 

 He hunts the doves in the backyard, thankfully, Mama hasn't seen him catch any!

 

 

 

 Here is a mature Cooper's Hawk getting a drink of water. Aren't his eyes a wonderful shade of reddish orange?

 

 

 

Mama thinks these guys are beautiful too,  and seem very intense even when they are splashing water everywhere!

 

 She also wants me to tell you that these hawks are smaller than all of us dogs and well, they never come close the backyard when I'm around. So don't worry about us getting carried away by him!  

 

Needless to say,  I will most likely never get to "observe" him.

 

You will most like see many more birdies making an appearance on Nature Fridays in the future.   Mama has decided that she wants to "officially" watch birdies.

Although Mama has been watching birds for years, apparently when you get a book, and start recording what birds you see, you become an "Official" Birdy watcher...

 

Humans, am I right??? 

We hope all our friends get to watch some birdies or other nature this weekend!!

 

 

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