Little things that go Tweet!

Lately there have been some feathered critters in our lives. We've started feeding our wild bird population and they finally found our yard and told all their friends, so now every day we have a wide assortment of flying chirping creatures to look at through the window.

Here's an incomplete list of some we've seen so far: Stellar's jay, Western Scrub jay, Bushtit, Nuthatch, Kinglet, Blue Gray Gnatcatcher, Western bluebird, American Robin, Varied Thrush, European Starling, Yellow Breasted Chat, Ravens, Spotted Towhee, Woodpecker, Black Headed Grosbeak, Redwing Blackbird, Brewer's Blackbird..

Here's some stock photos of those birds.. my camera doesn't do them any justice:

Definitely more colorful than most of the small birds we'd seen back in FL. As we attract more and more birds we are going to start putting out houses for them to nest in. Check back for photos of them.

Another feathered guest appearance in our life was from a little Varied Thrush with a broken wing. We were called by the Rowena wildlife to go pick him up in Carson. He was found by a resident there after one of of their dogs had stepped on him. The vet at the clinic said she would try to pin his wing but it was broken in 5 places and he will likely never fly again. They are going to keep him as a permanent resident.


The drive to the clinic in The Dalles is a beautiful one and I couldn't resist snapping some more photos:


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