Birds (not Angry Birds)

One of the first things we bought for the house after we moved in was a bird feeder. We were really hoping that we would start to see some interesting birds before winter. It took awhile for the birds to “find” the feeder (I think they were just being cautious), but now they are there ALL the time. Andrew constantly has to refill the feeders, because the birds here are piggies. We mostly get small birds (the first one I recognized from a picture online is called a coal tit), but we also get pigeons and magpies and we’ve had a great spotted woodpecker too. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to get any good pictures of these birds.

What I have gotten pictures of are our larger birds. I shouldn’t have been surprised when I saw a pheasant under the bird feeder for the first time. After all, we see them in fields while driving all the time. I was still pretty excited when I first saw one in our backyard though!

But then one day I got a big surprise:

I was so glad I got pictures of the peacock, because I was sure Andrew wouldn’t believe me if I told him! I had seen the peacock once before, but he had disappeared by the time I got my camera. Well, then he flew down beneath the bird feeder to find a snack with a pheasant!

For awhile, the peacock didn’t visit us, but I think that’s because we were being lazy about re-filling the feeders. And having a pheasant in the backyard has become so normal, that when Andrew says, “Pheasant!” I don’t even blink. But I still get really excited when the peacock decides to come by and have a snack in our backyard!