You know, I think it's easier to stalk butterflies than it is birds. I saw some birds at MOSI today but not too many. We have a feeder and there was a fat Mourning Dove sitting in it. One of my regular guests was watching it and said there was a cardinal but the dove kept chasing it off.
My aunt lives in WV and is really into birds. But it's funny because she's also afraid of them which I don't understand. She's fine as long as they don't get near her, but I really don't think that's a problem. Today on Facebook she posted a Purple Finch and a pair of Killdeer which she says they normally only see once a year. My grandma (just up the street in WV) likes birds, too and has hummingbird feeders and one feeder that usually is covered in finches. I forget the seeds they like but she always buys that one at the store. I like to watch them scatter back to the trees when I walk out the door. They hop back to the feeder pretty fast.
I will have to start practicing taking bird pictures. Much more difficult than butterflies, I think, since they tend to fly higher and don't exactly want to come down and check out my flowers. That's one nice thing about those Sandhill Cranes. You can practically walk right up to them and they don't care.
