..and Fauna

It has been such a blessing to live here at the Kersey's house. Being a master gardener, Terri has a beautiful garden in the back yard which Ryan has been dutifully weeding and planting (more on that in another post) Additionally, they have a very beautiful 2 acre grassy sloped back yard. The upper back deck looks over the grassy lawn which boasts of a magnificent evergreen forest beyond that. It is our own private wilderness oasis! Our view is spectacular~ On the deck we have placed both a traditional bird feeder as well as a hummingbird feeder. From our living room the children and I have been watching with amazement as scores of birds, native as well as migrating ones have come to eat. We have been trying, without success to snap photos of the visitors.. we finally gave up and snatched bird photos from google to display our friendly feathered friends.. Here are just a few of the types of birds we have seen so far this season:

Our deck with a few Evening Grosbeaks

Tree Swallows~

A lovely male house finch~

Ruby-throated Hummingbird~

Chickadee~

Black Headed Grosbeak~

Beautiful male Evening Grosbeak~

Goldfinch~

Red-winged blackbird~

Stellar Jay~