David

I loved the Wall of Birds!!!  I hope I get to see it in person someday!!!  My favorite birds on the Wall was the Northern Cardinal and the Carolina Wren.  It probably because I see these birds all the time around my home and I love their songs and the Cardinal is so pretty. So the other day, I stepped out on to my deck so see what birds I could capture with my camera.  The first bird I found was a Downy Woodpecker.  He was on one of the dead trees by the creek just off my deck pecking for insects.  I then saw a duck (I think it was a Mallard) swimming in the creek but by the time I tried to take his picture he had swam around the bend of the creek and had gotten out of sight.  I am going to try and capture him (with my camera of course) another day!!!  I then saw an American Robin in my yard searching for worms.  Finally I saw 3 House Sparrows in the bushes along the side of my house.  Before now I have never tried to take photos of the birds I see but I think going forward I am going to take my camera with me when I go on my birding hikes. My favorite all-time bird is the Eastern Bluebird!!!  Although they don't live around my house, I do live at my father's house up in the Laurel Highlands mountains in Western Pennsylvania.  When I was a teenager, I planned and put together a Bluebird Trails project at my local state park to help bring the Bluebirds back to the local area.  When I saw my first Bluebird I was blown away as to how beautiful it was and it has been my favorite ever sense.  I am happy to see that the Bluebird population has improved a lot over the last 30 or so years in Southwest PA.  As far as the birds that live around my house now, I love seeing and hearing the Black-Capped Chickadee!!!  I love their songs and I think they are cute little birds!!!  The fact that they stay around all year is awesome!  I love feeding them!