Another Avian Update

It's hard to imagine, but it seems my bird woman efforts have possibly been a little to successful. Because it seems that birds are what you could call "sloppy". Kind of a like a college student's apartment. They also like to invite their friends, and then fight over the fixins. Even though it's been fun observing my little guests, it hasn't been so much fun for my geranium plant, which is covered in bird seed. And it hasn't been so fun sweeping the balcony twice a day. They've also started getting a little daring and coming right up on the balcony. So I think the bird feeder will be coming down for now, til I can find a better way to manage it.

In the meantime, I checked out the Birds of North America website, to see if I could figure out the different varieties that were visiting. And as near as I can tell, here's who's been in the neighborhood, with a few photos from the website.

American Tree Sparrow

Black Capped Chickadee

Brewer's Blackbird

Mourning Dove

Western Scrub Jay

White-Crowned Sparrow

Comments

Kim Anderson said…

Get a Hummingbird feeder, they are not messy. Also, my mom feeds the Blue Jays peanuts. Not as bad as the bird seed, but they may leave some shells. Usually they just take them and hide them various places. That way you still get birds, but not the mess.

June 25, 2012 at 7:15 AM

Kim Anderson said…

Get a hummingbird feeder. They are not messy. Also, my mom feeds the Blue Jays peanuts. You may get some shells, but mostly they steal them and hide them various places. That way you still get birds without the mess.

June 25, 2012 at 7:17 AM

New 'Do

For probably the last 10 years or so, I've had pretty much the same hairstyle. For the most part, it's been long, all one length, and I would eventually put it up in a ponytail almost every day, because I couldn't stand having it in my face. It drove me crazy, but I didn't know what to do with it, and at the same time, I liked that I could basically get up and go every day without a lot of effort. For the past several months now, I've been threatening to do something different and drastic, and finally, yesterday, I did. At the recommendation of Angel, I made an appointment with her stylist. It took several weeks to get in, but finally, the day arrived. Angel went with me, for moral support, and to be the photographer. I went in with some basic ideas, but after some consultation and looking at photos with Francine, this is what I ended up with. First, the "before" shot: In process: And finally, the finished product: I can't remember the last time

Hi, my name's Tracie and I'm a Mormon. That being said, I've provided enough context for the conversation I had with the receptionist at work today: Christy: (Showing me a photo) What picture is this movie from? Me: Mmmm, Serendipity maybe? Christy: No...you should know this. Me: I should? Christy: (Finally) It's from the movie "Charlie"! Me: How would I know that? I don't watch Mormon movies. They're dumb. Now that I've let the cat out of the bag, I guess I should also confess that I also don't listen to Mormon pop music (other than the original recording of The Forgotten Carols), or read Mormon fiction. So sue me. Let's face it, it's not like most of them are of real quality anyway. When it comes to Mormon music, I'll stick with my MoTab and the hymns of Zion.

Triple D Divas Do Northern Utah

Last Saturday, the Triple D Divas met for a day trip get-away to Northern Utah - specifically Logan and Brigham City (with a little touch of Idee-ho thrown in for good measure). We started our journey with lunch at the Bluebird Cafe. Everyone knows about the Bluebird - it's about the oldest place on main street, and is tradition for anyone whose ever done a Logan Temple Trip. We went in to see the Logan Tabernacle, and I snapped this cool picture of the oragn pipes. (Of course, now that we're all in our 40's and have shrinking bladders, the Tabernacle also made for a clean and convenient potty stop.) ...Also a view of the Logan Temple spires from outside the Tabernacle... From there, it was off to Glossner's Cheese Factory for some squeaky cheese. After that, we went to the Pepperidge Farms Outlet, and the girls all found some cookies and stuff. But nothing really excited me there. However, the outlet is located in

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