Just so you know

Just a quick post to let you know I've entered a bird phase. Weird. I always got a little smirk when I heard the term birder. I'm not one, by the way. More of an admirer. It started with these magpies that fly around our house. At the time I didn't know they were magpies. I only noticed they were different and beautiful compared to the crows I used to seeing out my Seattle window. Now I can't stop looking at birds. For Christmas I requested a book on European birds. Santa came through. We keep the book on the kitchen table. Audrey calls it mine owl book. Identifying them is harder than it seems - especially for a person (me) who has no working short term memory. Maybe it had a white stripe. Maybe it's tail feather was off to the side. Hmmm.... is small and cute in the description?

Here are the birds I've been able to identify (I think!) so far . . .

Robin

White Throated Robin

Does anyone have any tips of identifying birds? Not that I'm a birder. I'm just sorta curious.

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