A Titmouse

4/27/12-Nicholas

   We have always seen titmice at our house and this is a picture of a so-called titmouse.  I think titmice are funny, small, and cute.  The picture is not all that great, but the bird is on the right side of the bird feeder.  

White-Winged Doves, Finches, and Butterflies!

4/25/2012 - Nicholas

        Yesterday I saw a white-winged dove in our bird feeder area.  Last year we saw a lot of white-winged doves in our backyard.  This time, the white-winged dove was on the sidewalk in front of our bird feeder just walking and picking on some bits of mulch.  It was the first white-winged dove we saw this year.

                 We also have been seeing several finches at our new finch bird feeder for the first time.  We've had that bird feeder for a couple months but only now have the finches started to come. We'll try to get some pics of the finches and doves.

                This past couple of weeks we have been sighting monarch butterflies at our house.  We have lantanas and butterfly weeds planted to attract the beautiful butterflies to our home.  

This pic is from a website on monarch butterflies.