There is a lot of bird watching to be be had from the vantage point of my rooftop garden but also from the vantage point of those whose apartment windows face our courtyard. No one knows this better than Snooze, the cat seen in the image at atop this entry.
Currently she lives in the building directly east of me and her window faces my garden as well a courtyard (Sadly Snooze is moving in a few days but I do have stories about her on my blog.)
At this time, Snooze is not the only one who spends her hours watching the avian creatures in our midst, there is another cat who lives in a building directly north of us (just across the courtyard).
He/she can be seen observing birds in the following sequence of photo-ops.
The birds who have spent a lot of time in both the courtyard trees and my garden include this Northern cardinals couple known as Mac and Cam...
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| CARDINALS ARE FEATURED IN ALL VOLUMES OF MY SERIES |
...House finches (both male and female, one example can be seen in the next photo)...
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| HOUSE FINCHES HAVE A STORY IN VOLUME ONE |
...Mourning doves (both male and female, one example can be seen in the next photo)...
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| MOURNING DOVES ARE FEATURED IN VOLUME ONE |
...Blue jays (both male and female, one example can be seen in the next photo)...
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| BLUE JAYS HAVE A STORY IN VOLUME THREE |
... House sparrows (both male and female, one example of this can be seen in the next photo)...
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| HOUSE SPARROWS ARE REFERENCED IN VOLUME ONE |
...Pigeons of all ages, genders and varieties, one example is featured in the photo below...
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| PIGEONS HAVE A STORY IN VOL 1 + 3 |
...European starlings, both male and female of all ages, one example is featured in the photo below...
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| EUROPEAN STARLINGS HAVE A STORY IN VOL3 |
...Northern mockingbirds, both male and female of all ages, one example is featured in the photo below...
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| A NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRDS HAS A STORY IN VOL 3 |
...Common grackles, both male and female of all ages, one example is featured in the photo below...
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| COMMON GRACKLES HAVE A STORY IN VOL3 |
... American robins, both male and female of all ages, one example is featured in the photo below...
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| AMERICAN ROBINS HAVE A STORY IN VOL3 |
... as well as a lone Red-Tailed hawk...
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| A RED-TAILED HAWK HAS A STORY IN VOL3 |
All the aforementioned birds are featured in my book series, Words In Our Beak.
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| MY BOOK SERIES |
Additionally, the antics of other birds (including a lone White-breasted nuthatch...
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| WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCHES ARE REFERENCED IN V3 |
...as well as Emily, a lone female Baltimore oriole...
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| EMILY, A BALTIMORE ORIOLE HAS A STORY IN V 3 |
...a lone chickadee...
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| CHICKADEES ARE REFERNCED IN V 3 |
... a number of Dark-eyed juncoes (one example can be seen below)...
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| DARK-EYED JUNCOES ARE REFERNCED IN V 3 |
...a couple of Tufted tit mouses (one example can be seen below)...
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| TUFTED TITMOUSES ARE REFERNCED IN V 3 |
... a few Downy woodpeckers (one example can be seen below)...
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| DOWNY WOODPECKERS ARE REFERNCED IN V 3 |
...and a lone female American goldfinch...
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| AN AMERICAN GOLDFINCH IS REFERNCED IN V 3 |
...as well as a lone male Rose-breasted grosbeak)...
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| WILSON, A GROSBESK HAS A STORY IN V 3 |
... and a lone American kestrel...
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| AMERICAN KESTRELS ARE REFERNCED IN V 3 |
... plus a lone leutstic house finch...
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| A LEUTISTIC HOUSE FINCH HAS A STORY IN V 3 |
...whose visits have not been as frequent, are also featured in my books.
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