our family walk

We went to Killens Pond State Park last night to go for a walk. they were closed so we turned around. We saw 2 deer getting ready to cross the road so we sat and watched them and 1 looked at us like "go on move so i can get back across". Then we went to the school & walked the the bike trail that goes from the school around the edge of Killen's Pond State Park. We had 2 races & Trumpeter won both of them. Nestling rode in mamabirds sling & screech rode in papabirds sling. we had lots of fun

-the birdman-

Science experiment

We are doing a neat science experiment. We cut up potatoes and planted pieces in five different containers. We are going to see which ones grow, if any. One container has everything it needs to grow. The other ones are each missing something. One has no sun, one has no soil, one has no water and one has no eye(seed). So far none of them are growing, but we will check them later today. It's day nine since we planted them. I'll be back later to write about house finches.

-Birdman

at the feeder...

This morning we saw red-winged blackbirds. We could not figure out why they had just yellow on the wings. We learned that they can conceal their red patch. They eat insects,weed seeds,cracked corn and seed mixes. They were all males, the females are brown. We probably had fifty or so in our yard this morning.

here are some links to pictures and info:

pictures and info...turn up the sound and hear their call

just pictures

Meet the Birdman and his family

I am the birdman :>
I am the oldest child in the bird family. I will be 8 in a few months.

Now meet the rest of my family...
Papabird is my daddy. He's the best daddy in the world. He works hard for us. He is good at math. My daddy likes taking us to the camper and boat shows.

Next is mamabird. She cleans the house, does school with us, reads to us, & loves us lots.

trumpeter (as in trumpeter swan) is one of my brothers. he loves art,space & playing the trumpet. He is about a year younger than me. Trumpeter is my best friend.

chickadee (she likes to say chicka-dee-dee)is my only sister. she is fun to play with especially when she & i play dolls together (even though i'm a boy). she likes when i read to her. she is learning to read short words like cat,bat,sat,sam etc.

next is screech (as in screech-owl becuase he is noisey all the time). He loves riding on his teeter-totter. Screech is a very busy two year old.

next is nestling he has 8 teeth so far. he will be 9 months old next week. His favorite thing is to nurse.

-the birdman

Some pictures I took

The first two are geese flying over our back field. The next one is white throated sparrows on our patio. The last one is a picture of the Condorde. I took the last one when we visited a museum a few weeks ago.