Maybe George and I are getting old. We really enjoy all the birds and critters than come to our yard each day. This morning we had a bonanza. A wild turkey mom and her four babies visited our driveway to eat some sunflower seeds. George even was able to go out a throw a few more seeds to them without the mother running away. The little ones took a dive over the driveway wall in fear, but soon they hopped back and joined mom. Then they laid down flat on the driveway in the sun and rested while mom played look-out.
As we were enjoying the turkeys, we looked over to see a cottontail bunny came into the center of the yard to munch on the grass. I said to George that it looked like Mr. Roger's Neighborhood here this morning.
We feed the birds and have several feeders and two large birdbaths where we keep fresh water. We don't see anything really rare, but we really enjoy it when we see the mother nuthatch feeding the little ones, or the four teenage boy cardinals that regularly visit with their parents, or the multitude of beautiful yellow and black goldfinches that feed on the thistle in the high feeder in the middle of the yard. We feed a variety of sparrows, crows, grackles, bluejays, etc. We have a welcoming, ecologically-friendly back yard I guess. We lately have seen a couple of young (rather plain) brown cowbird youngun's, who we think were raised by doves, since they hang out together, and cowbirds often lay their eggs in other bird's nests. The doves congregate under the waterers and preen and coo. The cowbirds act like interlopers who are trying not to be noticed.
Seeing our green lawnchairs facing the garden, I said to George yesterday, "This looks like we need to get a life!"
Well, maybe we are getting old, but...I'll take it.
Have a great day.
