The Birds

We are starting to see many more birds on our feeders. We have 2 finch feeders that are like little bags. The finches love them because they just hang on by their claws and eat. They are bringing their baby birds to eat now and it is funny to watch them. Some of them are not quite sure just what to do but it doesn't take them long to learn. We have both Goldfinch now and red finch. We haven't seen any of the red finch for a couple of years. We wonder if all the bad storms destroyed many nests. I suppose they are filling up to fly south.

Goldfinches

We have three Goldfinch feeders just outside out kitchen window. We hung them on shepard's hooks and you just ought to see the beautiful birds. The males are such a golden bright yellow and the females are more plain but it is so neat to see as many as a dozen of them on all three feeders put together. We went to a bird store and the lady told us about this bag you fill with finch seed and hang it from a hook. It doesn't look like much but the birds can catch their talons on it and eat upside down or any which way. We have counted up to 9 or more at a time on this one little bag. They just love it. There are usually 2 to 3 more birds on the other two regular finch feeders. We used to have some red finch but the Goldfinch seem to have run them off and we are glad actually, because the yellow ones are so beautiful and they aren't as afraid of us if we walk by the window. They just look at us. It is so cool.

Mexican Food Day

Today was a great day for Mexican food. First we had Tacoburgers at Taco Tico and I had a yummy cherry empanada rolled in cinnamon sugar and lots of it. Yum Yum then tonight we went to Tex Mex Nite and dad had his usual Super Burito with 3 salsas and I had 3 hard shell tacos with sour cream and salsa on each. Washed it down with Pepsi and cherry Pepsi. I could do that almost every day. We Stopped and gassed up at noon at Wal-Mart with the discount coupon it was $2.869/gallon. Gas is really going up again. It is $2.899 here in town and most every where we went this morning. Had a great nap, caught a couple of posts and looking for more now. Tomorrow we're going to run to the pharmacy and then to the hardware store for a new rain gauge. It split since I put it out thinking it was warm enough and it got 5" of snow in it, turning it into a big icycle so need a new one. We went out and filled the finch feeders this afternoon and it is a joy to see half dozen or more yellow goldfinches with their little ones at the feeders. Filled the neighbors too. Yesterday at one time there were 7 goldfinch hanging from our bird feed sack. It is amazing, plus there were 3 on each of the other 2 feeders. Just love them. They are so pretty. They make a great State bird.