eBirdseed.com Wild Bird Feeding Blog: 2006 in Review

Well, here we are, about to lurch into 2007. (It will take some of us a month just to write the correct date on our checks... I’ll be leading the parade on that gaffe.)

Anyway, I thought I might look back on the “backyard-feeder borne” events of 2006.

I got to write for this blog... Very cool. (I also got the chance to work with Kathryn and Gordon... Very cool indeed.)
The wife and I got to see a bunch of different birds including hawks, hummingbirds, and owls.
And speaking of owls, we now have a permanent guest – “Otis.”
In general, both Suzie and I have become much more conscious of the birds. Now it’s virtually impossible to work during the day without at least catching a few of the bird songs outside.
One of the neatest things about 2006, the feeders, and this blog is that it has jumpstarted my interest in photography. The wife and I have even been looking at some 10-megapixel digital SLR cameras. (With a little luck, there’ll be a whopping New Years Sale somewhere!)
And in the “Guilt Dept.”... I finally finished building the wife’s kayak so that she could take her new-found birding interests onto the water. The following are photos taken from her craft of a cormorant (or merganser), a great blue heron, and below that, a picture of the 13’ 'yak itself. (Funny how a little thing like feeding the birds in the backyard leads to larger endeavors...)

So that’s 2006.

Wonder what 2007 will bring???

As always, your comments are welcome.

See you by the feeders,

Alan