Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Spring Valley Bird Club

Pictures From Spring Valley


Spring Valley Bird Club

How many birds do you see in this picture? It is a bit of an odd angle. At first glance, it looks like the tree is growing along the ground. But common sense tells us it's a fallen branch. In fact, this is a large tree branch that broke off the tree in the first picture I posted. We had a long, slow drizzle of freezing rain last winter that turned into ice on this branch. Right before our eyes, the branch sank lower and lower under the weight of the ice, and finally crashed to the ground. The birds thought it made a great playground and I was able to take some unusually close-up pictures. (I counted nine birds; how about you?)

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ice storms are awesome. Until the power goes off! Cute birds.

Pilgrim said...

That's a cool picture. Got nine, too.

Anonymous said...

Looks like these birds are having fun on the jungle gym!

Anonymous said...

Neat viewpoint and cool colors on the birds!

Anonymous said...

Looks like sparrows and starlings. Is that what anyone else sees?

Anonymous said...

I thought they were sparrows and starlings too.