Eclectic Unschooling

Saturday, March 17, 2007

Backyard Visitors ...

The outdoors comes alive each morning with the sounds of chirping, squabbling birds. It's a glorious time of year!

This is our first Spring in this area and we have been treated to a new group of backyard friends. Cedar Waxwings have found our treeline and taken up residence. They hop about constantly, always in motion, so I can only guess that there were at least a dozen while I was out snapping pictures. They freely mingle with the robins.

I believe they are picking at the remaining elderberries on the ground. We placed a berry-based suet cake in the tree outside the living room window in hopes of attracting them to our direct line of vision. I imagine it may take them a few days to discover it. Particularly when there are elderberries available 'free choice" at the moment.

Three Cedar Waxwing Shots