Backyard birds

We've been in our new house just over a year and we've seen lots of new birds. Here's our list, as best I can recall. I've added dates of the first time we saw them to some of the more recent ones.

• Eastern Meadowlark (7/12/09)
• Eastern Bluebird
• House Finch
  
• American Goldfinch
• Ruby Throated Hummingbird
• Red-winged blackbird
• American Crow
• Mourning Dove
• Bobolink (7/11/09)
  
• Barn Swallow
• Tree Swallow
• Cliff swallow (7/10/2009)
  
• Dickcissel (7/12/09)
• Eastern Kingbird
• Chipping Sparrow
• House Sparrow
• Common Grackel
• Wild Turkey
• Ring Necked Pheasant
• Downy Woodpecker
• Northern Cardinal
  

Stitching updates

Cross stitch kit, based on cloisters

Hardanger updates - made the repairs when I snipped the wrong threads in the first part I cut. Based on some advice from a friend, I have added eyelets around the outside edge. I really don't like eyelets, but will do them anyway.

Bird feeders

Finally got the bird feeders up. After a year in the new house, it's nice to watch the birds again. We've got goldfinches, cowbirds, red-winged blackbirds, and grackles. There's a chipping sparrow I've seen once or twice, and another sparrow I've yet to identify. We've got lots of robins, tree swallows and bluebirds as well. We put up a nesting box (one of three) this month and have had some bluebirds check it out already.

BUGS

Bugs
Punch needle
For Thomas
Stitched March 2009