Our Backyard was a playground for birds this morning.

I counted at LEAST 8 Eastern Bluebirds, flying all over the place, from our deck to the fence, to the children's play set, to the feeders, to the tiny trees that are just a couple years old ... over the rooftop of the house and back. 8 is a good hard count as they all sat on the fence and play set, and I feverishly counted.

Wow! It was quite a site. Mixed in with them were many House Finches, and a Northern Mockingbird. Then there came a female Indigo Bunting into the feeder. She ate and ate and ate ... ! Birds were popping in and out of the feeder constantly, but the Indigo Bunting kept to task.

The baby Blue Birds have been very friendly, love sitting on things in our yard, whereas their parents seemed to mostly prefer the fence in the back. Oh, it's so lovely to get a close up view with the naked eye! I was looking at at least three at different times, just a few feet in front of me with a glass door in-between us. They are so beautiful.

And we have had one lone Ruby-throated Hummingbird coming once of twice a day for the last week. We had a dry spell of none for a couple of weeks. Now, just one, better than NONE!

Marysue

Backyard in Bethlehem, Barrow Co., GA