By our front window Miss Leyba and I set up this basket with bird guides and Miss Leyba’s binoculars (more on those tomorrow) so we can easily watch and identify birds together. Through the window we have a great view of the blackberry bushes, a dead tree, and an open field, all areas that the birds love to frequent for food and shelter. Next to the basket, we have a poster of common feeding birds found here in Western America that my mom bought for Miss Leyba.
Some of the bird guides in our basket:
– The Backyard Birdsong Guide: Western North America
– Birds of California Field Guide (Our Nature Field Guides)
– Birds (Fandex Family Field Guides)
– Field Guide to the Laguna de Santa Rosa
– Western Trailside Birds (Peterson Flash Guides)
Often in the early mornings, we sit by the open window and listen to the birds. We watch birds chase each other, fly about exploring our neighborhood, and care for each other. All spring we watched a pair of robins care for their young living in the birch tree in our front yard.
Together we love observing the natural world.
Biologist in the making?! (Like Mama! It runs in the family.) We shall see.
Pardon Miss Leyba’s pajamas and adorable bed head! I didn’t think you’d mind.
Love the basket!! You are right ~ you have the perfect environment for birdlife! We too enjoy just watching birds go about their daily business in our yard — their behavior is endlessly amusing and fascinating!! They are such social creatures! Watch for the white (great and snowy) egrets to return to your neighborhood ~ in winter there were so many of them ‘fishing’ the wetlands by the trail.. So thrilled Miss Leyba is interested in the natural world ~ just like her Mama! Thank you for posting!!
Just checked out the Fandex guide — what gorgeous pictures! What a fun tool! Gosh, Miss Leyba will be learning the names of common birds before we know it!
you’ll have a whole family of naturalists before long! :)