Winter Birding

I love the cooler weather and I love seeing all the birds coming in!

I have dark eyed juncos, black capped chickadees, chestnut backed chickadees, downy woodpeckers (in photo), northern flickers, house finches, gold finches, anna's hummingbirds, bushtits, and a song sparrow coming in. I also have the "snarlings" AKA starlings coming in but I try to ignore them.

I am anxiously awaiting the pine siskins and varied thrushes as the weather gets colder.

The trees may be barren but the birding is plentiful!

Job News

I found out today that while my hours are being cut, I am scheduled to still have a position come Fall!! It's not guaranteed by any means because of the school budget cuts, but for now I am relieved and will try not to worry and enjoy the summer!

I am heading to California on the 20th to spend time with my son, daughter-in-law and almost 3 year old granddaughter! I can't wait!

And I wonder what birds I'll see there? I paid no attention to birds (except hummingbirds) when I lived there so this will be a birding adventure as well.

Gone and Done It...

Ahh, I succumbed to an offer by EHarmony that I couldn't refuse and I am now on a three month adventure.

So far, at least 8 guys have "closed communications" with me without even saying hello. I know that I am not a tall, skinny Barbie but I thought EHarmony was for people who were serious about finding a relationship and hopefully not going strictly by looks.

I know, I know, that men are visual but still...yes, there has to be attraction, but my best relationships have started off as friendships that grew into something deeper. And the attraction factor grew as well.

I know there must be a fellow birdwatcher who likes to dance out there somewhere!! I can't be the only one!

So maybe I'm a little quirky in my interests but I haven't given up hope. I can only be me. I can't be any taller, though I'm always trying to be thinner LOL What woman isn't??

Well, we'll see what happens this summer. I am going to force myself to get out and do things by myself even if it's out of my comfort zone. Why should I have to wait to do things that interest me just because I haven't found someone to do them with?? I know it's easier said than done but I am determined to just do it!

Happy Bird Day!

When I first started watching birds in Aug. of 2006, I had a goal of capturing a photo of every species that visited my little patio.

I've done pretty well for living in a condo complex to have had so many different kinds of birds visit me.

In the Fall of 2006 I had a Downy Woodpecker visit my suet feeder but never got that photo. I hadn't seen once since until....

MY BIRDCAM CAUGHT ONE A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO!!!!

I am so excited and happy to see one again as I think they are neat little birds!

Here's the video of the one that came to visit:

Dating Decisions

Well, it's been just over a month since I was broken up with and I'm wondering if it's time to venture back into the dating world.

I like socializing so I want to be out meeting people. The dilemma is whereabouts do I do this meeting of people? My girlfriends all have husbands/boyfriends now so I'm pretty much on my own.

I don't do bars. I am tired of the online dating thing; after awhile it starts to feel like work.

Obviously a nice man isn't going to drop into my patio so I have to make some sort of effort to get out amongst the people. What ever happened with people setting other people up on dates? At least then someone knew someone and it wasn't a complete stranger out of nowhere.

I see the whole summer stretched out before me and I'd like to view it as endless possibilities as opposed to endless boredom and loneliness. Although I don't ever really get bored. I do get lonely though.

I have just 10 working days left and then I am off for the summer.

Surely there must be a Male Dancing Birdwatcher out there for me!!

Otherwise my summer vacation plans will be:
a. letting my hair go gray (see previous post)
b. leash training my cat to take on walks. (really, people do this!)
c. organizing my garage (I need to have a garage sale)

I don't know if I can take that much excitement!

If anyone has any ideas, I'd love to hear them. If anyone has a nice 50+- guy for me to meet, that's even better!