The Great Backyard Bird Count is this weekend - February 18th through the 21st. I'm going to participate this year for my first time.
I've been a bird watcher since I was a little girl. I still have a bird book that my grandmother gave me in 1962.
There are so many birds at my feeders and around my property. I have open fields for the bluebirds, killdeer and flycatchers, and I've got lots of woods. Most everything I plant, I keep in mind if it will provide food or shelter for the birds. I feed the birds seed year 'round and sometimes put suet out for them.
There is a pair of pileated woodpeckers near by. They don't come on my property but I can hear them. They need dead trees to nest in. Unfortunately, some houses are being built near me and trees are being cut down. People seem to think that dead trees hold no value, but they are so wrong.
(Bird images from Google search)
I've got several eastern bluebirds that live on my property year round.
I've got some of these guys around too - the red bellied woodpecker.
To find out more information, go here. This would be a fun and educational thing to do with your kids or grandkids!
