Little Birds

Design - "Tiny Chick"

Chart - "Soft Boiled"

Design - The Cricket Collection

Fibers - DMC - 2 strands over 2 threads

Fabric - Bright yellow linen scrap

Started - 24 March 2013

Completed - 26 March 2013

Here's an Easterish stitch of a little bird - a yellow baby chick.

And here's my littlest bird, a male Rufous Hummingbird refusing to cede ground to the Song Sparrow. 

On Wednesday I saw a couple of Chestnut-backed Chickadees, but no photos.

I did get photos of my Black-capped Chickadees.  I'm hopeful that they will use one or two of my birdhouses to nest this year.  

Up high.

In flight.

I continue to put out "bark butter" as my small flock of Bushtits show up most days and they like it... 

...and suet.

Dark eye = male

Light eye = female.

Look at how little the Bushtits are in comparison to another small bird, a Dark-eyed Junco.

The Lesser Goldfinches are small birds too.

Smaller and slighter than American Goldfinches.

I did have a single male American Goldfinch come by for a couple of days. 

I had hope that he was the 'scout' for a larger group of birds to follow.

But now I've not seen any for several days.