It’s funny how proprietary you get — and how fast! — about the birds that come to your backyard feeder. First I saw a pair of white-throated sparrows. Then the northern cardinals. Then a pair of mourning doves. Then a downy woodpecker. And my attitude quickly became: they’re mine. I want ’em!
But life has been so incredibly busy the past few weeks (mock trial season) that I didn’t have much time to look, and hadn’t seen the cardinals or the woodpecker in days. I admit: I was getting a little worried.
But today was a holiday, and I had no mock trial practice sessions scheduled, so I got to stay home all day. And between the laundry and the chores and getting my taxes filed, I was entertained by all of my “missing” backyard friends.