A Birding We Will Go!

Our little Hailey has recently become OBSESSED with birds.  She loves them so much!  There are pictures of birds all over her room and stuffed animal birds literally in every corner.  So, for her birthday, Tom found a great book on Birds of Arizona.  We have gone out "birding" (it's not called birdwatching!) twice now, and actually it's a lot of fun!  

 We went to the Riparian Preserve here in Gilbert and found several species of birds.  Hailey and Spencer were identifying them right and left!

 This one looks like he is skating on top of the water!

 I don't remember all the names of these birds - but Hailey could tell ya!

I am always fascinated at how a bird builds its nest.  Nobody tells it to do that---it just knows.  What a miracle!

 The mommy and daddy duck were settled in for a nice afternoon nap in the mud!!