Bunch of Bushtit

Design - "A Flock United"

Chart - "And So the 4th"

Designer - The Cricket Collection

Fabric - 30 count R & R Highland Mist

Fibers - DMC

Started - 12 July 2001

Completed - 1 September 2001

I was very pleased to spy a small flock of Bushtits in an Elderberry at the front of the house.

As best I could tell it was a group of 6-8 birds.

Here's a light-eyed female.

And a dark-eyed male.

They are in flocks most of the year, but when they breed . nest they break up into pairs and then reunit in groups after raising their young.

Woolly Lamb and Yellow Bird

Design - "Gentle as a Lamb"

Designer - Birds of a Feather

Fabric - 30 count R & R Mt. Vernon Mist

Fibers - GAST - 2 strands over 2 threads

Started - 25 March 2015

Completed - 10 April 2015

As the suggested fabric for this stitch was no longer available, I had to go way out of my comfort zone and come up with an acceptable replacement.  I think that I did a pretty good job coordinating the fabric with the threads. The woolly coat was challenging.  I asked for suggestions from readers and following their advise stitching the brown swirls and then filled in the oatmeal.  I have two more animals to stitch in this series, an owl and a goose.

April this the time that my Summer Residences first show up.

On Tuesday I was pleased to see this guy - an American Goldfinch.

Some people have Goldfinches year around at their feeders, but mine all live in October.

Here's a good photo to show the differences between a Goldfinch on the left, and a Pine Siskin on the right.

As it turned out two gentlemen came to call Tuesday morning.

I am hoping that more will follow shortly.

Also on Tuesday I had a visit from a very irregular visitor - a Chipping Sparrow.

The bird was not interested in the feeders, but instead worked away gleaning seeds in an unweeded area of a flowerbed.  Keep up the good work bird!