Two on Tuesday

Today we show off two bird nests...

 This one is in the hanging ferns on the front porch.  It has 4 eggs...we believe three are mocking birds and one is a brown-headed cowbird.

This nest, with just one baby is in the rose bush.  There were two babies, but one didn't make it, so mom pushed it out of the nest.  This baby is thriving though!  This is also a mockingbird.

Two on Tuesday

 Today we have Tanner looking out the window dreaming of all the fevvers he sees...

I wonder what Tanner would think if he saw these two lovely swans in his yard?

I took this photo last month when in San Francisco for a business trip.  They were lovely and so calm and so HUGE!  These are some big birds!

 

Thursday in the Garden

 Many of you will remember last week when we showed the following picture of our baby fevvers...

Well, this was taken on Sunday of this week...they are getting so big!

On Wednesday morning they were all gone from the nest, so we think they have flown the coop!  Best of luck to our fevvers!

Fevvers Everywhere

Well, we apologize for our slack mom, the lack of posts lately...we will try to get more material from the camera and onto the blog!  For today, we will tempt you all with some lovely fevvers our mom found at the zoo the other week...enjoy!

Here is a lovely pink fevver, known as a flamingo...we think it is funny how they stand on one leg and sleep with their heads on their backs!  It seems rather uncomfortable, and we are not sure why they don't curl up in a ball to sleep!

These are two new birds at the zoo...they are a part of the pigeon family...

A lovely goose, although it is not as pretty as Smokey aka Goose.

 

Here are some ducks...

And a video of a crazy bird taking a bath...you may want to turn your speakers down before viewing :)

Fevvers Friday

 We are so excited to see the Eastern Bluebirds at the bird feeders again.  They have returned in full force, and we hope that Auntie will buy some mealworms for them because that is their favorite food!

 Flat boys with an owl at the NC State Fair...

A pelican on a channel marker down in Galveston Texas...mom spent the other weekend down there visiting a friend.  (You may need to biggify to see him better.)

Well, there you have it folks...Fevvers on Friday!

A Visitor in the Garden

::3 paw taps::

Today in our garden post, we wanted to show you the visitor we had last Sunday. Mom and Auntie were eating lunch, of course we were helping, and they noticed this on the bird feeders outside...
He is a Quaker Parrot. (They learned this later on) We knew immediately what type of fevver it was, but enjoyed watching them try to figure it out.
He sat and ate for a long time. Mom and Auntie decided they should try and catch him, because he is not native, and someone may have lost him. A trip to the Lowes and a phone call to Petsmart later and they were ready to try...
They sat outside and waited...he came back time and time again, but they were too slow. Beans are not as well equipped for catching fevvers are us cats...they would not let us out though!
They tried for about three hours, with no luck. He finally stopped coming by the feeders...
They are still on the lookout for the magnificant creature...and hope to get him one day soon. What sort of interesting visitors have you had lately?

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Mom here: We called the vets in the area, checked craigslist, called the wildlife rescue, shelter, etc...to see if anyone had reported a lost bird. No one had. There's no telling how long he has been out, or where he could have come from. I still hope we can snag him...and then find him a nice home.