Flying Pigs

You may have read my
Finch Fest blog entry on 7 September 2008 about our new bird feeder.
It has been such a popular item that our San Jose yard is even more full
of birds than usual. We now call our tiny visitors “flying pigs” since
they can go through an entire tube of black thistle seed in three days.
In the Winter, their colors are mostly brown to green. John took
some photos today of our piggies in their brighter Spring colors.
Most today seem to be

American Goldfinches but we get other finch varieties as well.

In addition to the finches, we have many much larger birds:
two noisy pairs of
Canada Geese,
two pairs of
Mallard ducks, two pairs of

Mourning doves, and others enjoying our location on the

Guadalupe River.

Images Copyright 2009 by
John Plocher