a new member of the family!

On Sunday, we went up to Pennsylvania and got a basset hound! His name is Rafferty and he is four years old (we think). He just started playing catch with us today but instead of bringing the ball back to us he ran over to the slide and dropped it there :). He is learning how to sit and barks at tractors a lot. He is the fastest runner in the family so I made him a little trophy out of cardstock yesterday. Here is a picture of him laying in his bed on Sunday night:


-the birdman-

a new bird website...

A couple days ago i found a new bird website which has online coloring pages,purple martin house plans, printable calanders ect.

-the birdman-

Guess what!

I won ribbons at the fair- 4 of them!
3rd place for my cookies
1st place for my woodburning
and honorable mention for my painted brick and rubber stamped greeting card

here are a couple of pictures...

Ornithological Societies of North America (OSNA)...

The other day i found a neat bird website called OSNA which stands for Ornithological Societies of North America on their website you can join bird societies, subscribe to
Ornithological Newsletter and more!

nesting birds!

In an earlier post, I said that Bluebirds were nesting in our birdhouse I actually found out that was a house sparrow nest. However, the bluebirds started building a nest in our other birdhouse on Sunday. I think it is finished or almost finished so they should start laying their eggs soon. Also, some mockingbirds are nesting in our neighbors tree. This morning we saw two little babies heads peeking out of the nest. I have seen the parents bringing them food in their beaks.