bird watch 2009

i've never really bird-watched before, but i enjoy the occasional glance at our fine feathered friends. it's so calming to watch them prance about, swoop, flit, and peck around. once, i saw a crow walking in the snow and he fell beak forward. might not sound funny to you, but it was hilarious to me.

since we live on a third floor apartment that has two giant trees in front of it, we get a lot of little guys flying about. i decided to put out some suet for them to munch on during the winter, and i have had a number of visitors. here are just some of the guys i have seen:

this guy is from the cardinal family. the one that i saw was actually more bright orange. when i saw it land on the balcony railing, i thought it was a parrot at first.


mr. jay. he's really flighty (ha!), cuz he takes off at the slightest movement within my apartment.


another cardinal dude. these guys only like to stop every once in a while, so i assume they have a busy lifestyle.


this one's name is chickadee. cute name, huh? i think this one has a family in the trees in front of our apartment. he visits often. bird economy must be down too.


haha! no, bald eagles do not like suet. i wish. i have seen one of these flying around here in minnesota. it was awesome! i think i am going to take izzy to the raptor center soon though. i hear it's pretty cool.


i've also seen a woodpecker, some finches, and then some cute little purpley-blue fat-body birds. i don't know what they are and could not find a pic on the dnr website, so you will just have to imagine in your head what they could look like.