While sitting at my desk in my sunroom writing, or more accurately, contemplating writing, I spend a lot of time staring out the window at the birds. My winged friends are good company. They are always up to something - screeching at one another across the dogwood, tussling for position over the feeder, finding a new and amusing perch, like the top of one of my lily stakes. And of course there's excitement in welcoming a new visitor - yesterday I had a pair of goldfinches alight on my umbrella. Perhaps birds are nature's way of rewarding attention.
Some notes are long. This one isn't.
For your amusement this Monday, here's a list of the 100 greatest bird names of all time. Willie Wagtail, Handsome Fruiteater and Bananaquit only ranked in the 90s. Perhaps another week I'll research how birds get named. Wouldn't you like to be a fly on the wall in that committee meeting? READ MORE