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Apr. 5, 2008 - Meet My New Neighbor

A couple of years ago I blogged on how my children and I had found a nest in the wreath on our front door. It had a small bluish-green egg still in it. We finally learned just exactly what bird made that nest and laid the egg. Meet my new neighbor.

This is a House Finch. The picture you see above is of the male. The females are also very pretty birds and I love to listen to them sing. The momma has already laid one egg. Unfortunately, my 3 yod forgot that we weren't supposed to go out the front door and he went in and out of it several times this morning. I hope that doesn't scare them off.

We also bought a bird feeder and specific food for the finch. It took them 3 minutes before they found the feeders and went to town. We are really excited. I am trying to encourage everyone to stay off the front porch right now so we don't scare them away.

The fun thing about this discovery for me is that it's renewed my love of homeschooling. I was getting so bored with school. This has been fun to watch and explore real life with my children. We would never get to do this if my children were in school. Everyone would be so tired by the end of the day. As it is, we can watch these birds all day. My 3 yod seems to really be enjoying the birds. He will sit in my lap in the rocking chair by the window and just watch the birds. His statement. "God made them (meaning the birds)." I love the real life conversations that come from learning like this.

I have finally begun to realize that learning can't always be like this. But we also need to look for more opportunities for real like learning rather than spending out whole time with our nose in a book. My youngest dd will be spending time with daddy this afternoon planting flowers in the beds outside. For her, that will be a real education. She's been wanting to get her hands in the dirt for weeks now. Later this week, we're going to set up a special box to grow seedlings. That will come out of the Exploring Creation with Botany. I am especially excited about that because we get to grow herbs and I have always wanted to learn to do that. I have a black thumb so I am hoping I'll learn at least enough to keep these poor creatures alive.

Apr. 6, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by southmsmomof4

Great photo. I am so glad I stopped in. We have been birdwatching (I guess thats what you would call it) for about a month now. It has been great! I never realized how much I could enjoy watching these amazing flying creatures. We are using the Apologia Science- Zoology 1 and studying birds right now. How awesome to have them so close.
Be blessed,
Stacy

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Apr. 10, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by imasharp

I love the pictures you put up. Your blog is awesome. I haven't been around much and I have been missing out. I don't know what got into me. By the way, I have burn marks on my counter top too. I don't even know how we did it. LOL Sounds like things are busy around your place. We are in the process of having baby kittens right now. Hope you have a best blessed day.
Christy

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