Feathered Friends

I have been collecting photos of some of our favorite visitors to our winter bird feeder. This is a pretty new hobby for us... not feeding the birds, we have been doing that for several years now... but actually having a feeder close enough to the windows that we get to watch and identify them. Even the kids are pretty good at naming some of the varieties now... it has turned out to be a great family activity. Often, the youngest will run to me, saying, "Mama, I wook froo your binocyoors? Deres a bird on the feeder!"

In no particular order, here are our most frequent guests:




Being pretty far out in the woods, and being used to only seeing them in the city, this one surprised us...