Bird's Nest

It's been a bit windy lately, and Dad found this bird's nest that had been blown onto the sidewalk. I can't even imagine the craftsmanship that must have gone into building it! It's a beautiful nest.

Little Bird 2

I was visiting my grandparents today, and when I told my grandma about the litte bird who hit our window, she gave me a new assignment: what kind of bird is living in her back yard? All I know is that's very loud, nests in the grass, and opens its tail like a fan to make itself big and imposing. AND...I have more pictures! ;)

Sorry about the picture quality on some of these photos. My subjects wouldn't stay still long enough for me to photograph them! :P

Little Bird

Today, we had a surprise "visitor" of sorts. A beautiful little bird flew into my front window and lay dazed on the porch. I probably watched that bird for about an hour, just to make sure that it was okay, hoping that it was just stunned and not seriously injured. Luckily, about an hour and a half was all it took before the poor thing stopped shaking and panting, pulled itself together, and started searching for bugs in the mulch in front of the porch. I think it's going to be okay :)

I've never seen this type of bird before, but its interesting that it would be the one to fly into our window, and not one of the gazillion robins or blue jays we have flying around. (And if anyone knows what this little beauty is, please tell me! I have no idea what kind of bird it could be.

(Oh, and don't worry about the red marks on its wings...since the markings are consistant on both sides, I'm convinced that its just the natural markings on the bird, like the yellow on the tail).