Gregory and Mom at the Park

Last Friday was a beautiful day and Gregory and I and Linda, Gregory's caregiver during the week, went to Washington Park and had a picnic. We got sandwiches at our new deli place, Jimmy Johns and we took a walk around the park. Linda took a nice photo of Gregory and me. We all had a great time.

Leaving Time for the Baby Finches

This afternoon, I heard the finches chirping and I looked out to see one of the baby birds standing on the nest, getting ready to fly to the tree in front of our house where Mom and Dad finch were calling and waiting for them. Obviously, I missed two others that had fledged the nest, but I got to see the last two fly away. After the first one flew to the tree, the last one was looking out of the nest, thinking about what he/she had to do. It took about a half an hour for the bird to decided to take the chance, but it finally did. The photo of the bird in the tree is the Dad calling the baby out of the nest.

The Empty Nest

Now the nest is empty and it's pretty quiet. Do you think the Mom and Dad will return to have some more babies, like they did last year? Grandpa and I certainly hope so.

Fun With Finches

Here's Grandpa looking at the baby finches. They are almost full grown, but their Mom and Dad still needs to feed them.

The Finch Family

In May, 2007, a pair of red finches built a nest on our front porch. It was so much fun watching the babies grow from eggs to nestlings, to full grown birds reading to fly. The finch Mom and Dad were so successful with the nest on our porch, they had a second family in July. Our granddaughters Ella, Meg, Tayler and Mariah enjoyed watching the birds with us. This May, another pair of finches, perhaps the same pair, built a nest in the same place on our porch. There are three, maybe four babies. It won't be long before they are ready to leave the nest. Maybe we'll have another finch family this year in July. What do you think?

Urban Wildlife

Even though we're in the city of Laramie, we still have lots of wildlife that graces our neighborhood. We have two types of doves, mourning doves and Eurasian doves--the are really big!! We have many birds like pine siskins, chickadees, sparrows, finches, crow and robins, and later on in July, the hummingbirds will be here. This year we have lots of squirrels and bunnies. This photos is of a bluebird that made a nest next door to our home in Saratoga. The photo of the bunny is just one of the many bunnies who like to hang around our neighborhood. This one likes to take a nap under the bushes in our yard. You don't have to go to the forest to enjoy the wildlife around you.

Happy Father's Day!!

We want to wish Phillip, David and Gary a Happy Father's Day!! You are wonderful Dads. Enjoy you day!