Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Birdies!

The Lady and I headed to Willow Metropark for some bird watching, and man were there birds. There was also some very lovely wildlife:

Purply stuff

Giant Mushroom

Magic Mulberry Tree

Baby Bunny!

Would you like to hear the story of the magic mulberry tree? Of course you would. As the daughter of a bird nerd, I am a bird nerd. It's inherited or something. The parents discovered the magic tree a while back when picnicing at the park. Birds LOVE the tree, and the day of our visit was no different especially since the tree had fruit.

Within a few minutes, birds started flying in. Robins, cardinals, sparrows, and the like. Then goldfinches, house finches, and bluebirds. A red-bellied woodpecker dropped by next, and then the best visitor of the day: a Baltimore Oriole. I had never seen one before, and to up the ante even more, they were followed by their new babies. They were insanely orange. Just beautiful.

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