Male Blue Dacnis or Turquoise Honeycreeper

Série com o macho de Saí-azul, Saí, Saí-bico-fino ou Saí-bicudo (Dacnis cayana) - Series with a male of a Blue Dacnis or Turquoise Honeycreeper - 09-08-2008 - IMG_20080809_9999_264
Originally uploaded by Flávio Cruvinel Brandão

Isn't this bird so lovely! I can't get over its beautiful coloring! You can learn more about the Turquoise Honeycreeper HERE. If you click on this link you can see the difference between the male and the female...the female is just as beautiful!

A few things...

How adorable are these measuring cups from Anthropologie! I have always loved nesting dolls as a girl, but have never owned any. These would be perfect because they also have a use! I have lived in Chicago for 3 years now and have yet to go to one of their locations. I usually just look online. I am making it a point to go this year!

Tom and I had a fun weekend. We went hiking at Rollins Savannah with Lena. I took my binoculars, camera, and bird field guide because they have this whole bird observation area. It was beautiful there and we spotted 5 Egrets, 1 bird that I think was some kind of Heron but its characteristics didn't match up very well with my field guide, several gigantic! monarch butterflies, many yellow butterflies, and two ribbon snakes.

Unfortunately, while hiking, Lena grabbed at something and before we could figure out what was going on, she had in her mouth a baby field mouse (i think). It was SO SAD! We didn't even have her on a long lead because we were working on heeling, but the little thing ran out in front of her and she was fast to grab it up! I was so sad because it was so furry and cute and looked like my old beloved pet, Thelma. Lena almost caught a frog as well! She is definitely a country dog. I think of her as my sweet little puppy, but she is also a dog and loves to hunt, unfortunately.

-Sarah

Holly did give me the nickname, "Grandma Bird"...

SO! I have been reading about birds a lot lately...going through field guides and such and thought it would be fun to highlight a new bird each week on my blog. I am in NO WAY an expert, but I enjoy learning about different kinds of birds.

Since I though of it today, I will make Thursday the day for learning about birds! I don't have a cool name for this but am open to suggestions...

This week I give you...

a Greenland White-Fronted Goose!! If you click on the link you can learn more through Wikipedia.

I really like this bird for some reason. Maybe it's the bird's coloring. The orange feet, legs, and bill and its pretty brown and white feathers make me think of autumn, which is OH SO NEAR! I also like this bird because one of the websites where I read about this species said that Greenland White-Fronted Geese are "especially acrobatic" in flight! I really wish I could discover what exactly this means for myself. I bet it is pretty cool!

*Image of bird found HERE!

-Sarah