Photo365: February 16, 2009

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.

Downy woodpecker

Downy woodpecker

Northern cardinal (female)

Northern cardinal (female)

Northern cardinal (female)

Northern cardinal (female)

Northern cardinal (male)

Northern cardinal (male)

Northern cardinal (male)

Northern cardinal (male)

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