House Full o' Birds
Anyway, as I say, I stopped at a local yard sale and came across this lovely little addition to our collection of indoor birds.
However, before adopting him into the family, there was the matter of price. No self-respecting yard sale attendee would dream of simply plunking down the sticker price without at least an attempt to dicker. So: sticker price was $20. I offered $15. Young boy manning the cash box says he'll have to ask his mom. 10 minutes later, I was $15 poorer and one genuine Herend green fishnet duck richer!
Once home, I was positioning the new arrival in place with some of the regulars, when I began to wonder just how many birds we have inside the house. After all, CapeCodAlan is always talking about the birds outside--what about the indoor ones?
Wandering around, camera in hand, I came to the conclusion that, however many birds we have outside, we also have avians aplenty on the inside.
And of all those birds, I was surprised to discover just how many chickens came home to roost:
Of course, it's not only roosters around here. We've slowly been building a collection of decoys, miniatures, and shore birds as well.
As you can see, the hobby of birding can encompass the great indoors as well as the great outdoors.
See you at the next yard sale,
Mrs. CapeCodAlan
Cornell Ornithology Laboratory: Inside Birding
Cornell Ornithology Laboratory: All About Birding
