Frequent Visit of Birds in Our Backyard

Look who is having a nice siesta on my backyard? Oppsies ... the bird saw me. The bird probably thought that I am a paparazzi LOL invading his/her privacy. Living here in Brevard County, I have the pleasure of enjoying the beauties of wild birds right on my backyard. I have frequent visits from cardinals and woodpeckers. I am not sure what type of bird this one is.

Birds wake me up every morning with their nagging voices LOL, did you know that? Oh yeah and I prefer that than the noise of buzzing cars on the streets in Orlando.


Wanna see the wild gator in the neighborhood? On my next post ... I promise, I will post it here. Thanks for stopping by.

Woodpecker Caught in the Act

Early in the morning, the sound of the birds chirping is like music in my ears. It is always inviting to have a coffee at the gazebo and watch the birds hop and take a swim on the bird bath. On this particular day, I did have my coffe at the gazebo. While enjoying the early morning breeze, I heard a familiar sound. When I look up to the electric post, I saw a bird. I recognized it right away because it's not the first time that I saw the bird drilling and drumming on that post. What in the world ... LOL? That's tough! Good luck on digging bird!

Here is a closer look of woodpeckers. They are so pretty. I have two frequent visitors on the bird bath and they are cardinals. I don't see them lately because for few days, I forgot to refill the water on the bird bath. They are really smart.

Many instances that they would grab my attention directing me to the bird bath with low water or worst ... dried out. I will then grab the hose and refill water on the bird bath. They will wait on the tree trunk above it, just staring at me and talking so loudly to themselves, LOL. When I am done, I will sit on my comfy chair by the front porch. The cardinals will then swim on the bird bath. They are so cute.

Wandering Birds

This is the last time that I have seen the birds wandering our front yard. I wonder where they are or where they usually go. They are groups of 8 and I saw them in two different ocassion, twice in our neighbors front yard and on this particular day at ours.I do not know what type of birds they were. I am sure they will comeback in our property in the near future. I would love to take an upclose photos of these birds somehow. How about you? Have you seen birds wandering around in your yard?

Birds at the Front Yard

We have a bird bath at the front yard minus the bird feeder because the squirrel is hanging out on the treetops and they ate the seeds intended for the birds. The birds love to bathe early in the morning and the squirrel is after them so; they would fly away once they saw the squirrel snooping around. It rained in Orlando and Cocoa yesterday. In fact, it rained from 11 AM until night time. We went to the boat ramp to see the Atlas V Rocket launch and when we went home, there were 8 big birds at the front yard eating and digging down the grass. I don't know what they are though. They are smaller than the ducks. They look like chickens *wink*. Anyway, it's okay with me if they come around once in a while. I like watching them having a party at the yard.

Penguins

We know that Penguins are bird right? They eat seafood and their main diet is fish. They also eat squid, krill and crustaceans. Their bill has a hook at the end which is perfect for grabbing dinner. They have backward facing bristles on their tongueswhich helps slippery seafood from getting away. Amazing creation!

The Seagulls

Whenever we feel like going to the beach, my eyes will always be delighted to see the birds on the beach. My husband doesn't like these birds because for him, they are lazy birds. They just wait for some shrimp boat and steal what the fisherman got. Well, they just hover on the boat though and if given the chance, they can steal what they caught.

My husband doesn't like the idea that they just stay in flock and wait for something. The Pelicans on the other hand, were out by the sea and fishing for food. The Seagulls can do the same and can dive on the water but, seldom you see them do it.

It just amazed me how they are flock together and if it is windy, they faced the wind blows. I find it as amazing behavior especially during storm and so windy, they just stay here like this.
Just wondering why can't they just fly and stay on the trees like what other birds do usually.
Well, if I have bread crumbs and I throw it at them, they love to fly above my head. All of these birds would and it entertains me a lot.

Seagulls by the Beach

When you drive on Highway 90, the beach stretched for so many miles. You will appreciate the beauty of the blue sky and the calm sea. The old oak trees that stood on the opposite side of the road and the thousands of seagulls flock to each other. In the picture below, it is blurry because we are running 35 mph and I am not using an SLR camera.

In this picture, I use my Canon digital camera and I zoom in 5x. The seagulls are on the beach enjoying the wind which blows really hard. I noticed that even there is a storm coming, they stay on the seashore in flocks and face the wind blows. It is really weird because they could find refuge on the trees at the other side of the road.

During this time, it is just windy and it is so nice seeing so many birds flock together on the seashore.