Daily Improvisations

  • Inside the Homestead
    • Sewing
    • crochet and knit
    • Playing House
    • In the Workshop
    • Cooking and Food
    • Helpless Female
  • Out in the Garden
    • In My Greenhouse
    • Gardening in Southwest Idaho
    • Straw Bale Garden Project
  • Out with Animals
    • Chickens
    • Goats
    • Horses
  • Around the Globe
    • Adventures with Wild Greg
    • Chocolate Shops Around the World
    • Life in Taipei
    • About Town
      • My Blogs
  • The DI Store
    • DI Gardener’s Shop
    • How to Build a Backyard Brick Oven From Scratch (Book)
    • Custom designs
  • DI Memberships
    • Log In
    • Sign up to be a DI Sewing Room Insider
    • Dream House Members Area
      • Dream House Eyewitness Login
      • Your Account
      • Dream House Project
    • Become a Dream House Eyewitness!

I Think I Saw a Lazuli Bunting

May 6, 2010 by Laura Blodgett 4 Comments

My husband has taught us all to look out the window once in a while.  This week it paid off because we got to observe multiple cute birds feasting in the dandelion patches in the lawn just beyond the back patio.  Tuesday it was house finches, including a predominantly pinkish-red male.  I tried to step out and get a photograph, but they were gone before I had quietly opened the sliding door 3 inches.  I then tried to sit out with the camera for a while, but they never came back down from the gorgeously green mature maple,oak, and locust before I got chilled and had to go in.

Today we spotted what we think is a Lazuli Bunting.  I am reasonably satisfied with a few photos I obtained through the window and was able to compare it with information in a book specifically about birds in Idaho.  I’ve never heard of a Lazuli Bunting before, but this book is organized by what color stands out on the birds.  It was very easy to use; it makes me very nearly feel like an ornithologist!  My “studies” have also lead me to this website that has recordings of the bird songs.

The trouble is that I was just getting ready to kill the dandelions.  I’ve been feeling terrible guilt for years since ours is THE dandelion nursery in the neighborhood.  I’m sure the neighbors hold up their crucifixes (or the equivalent) as they go by.  This  year there was time and energy to begin eradication.  But the bird experts say that the little guys really like the dandelions, greens and seeds.  Oh, what to do?!  My 17 year old son suggests maintaining  limited patches so that it is safe to go barefoot in the yard in most places.  My 14 year old points out that the back yard, where most of the bright yellow is, is not visible from the front.  I think I’m leaning toward maintaining bird habitat, at least for now.

Filed Under: chickens, Gardening in Southwest Idaho

If you want to read a heartwarming story about how a mother deals with a daughter's death, read this book.

If you have ever wanted to cook pizza in a brick oven in your own backyard, this book is for you!

Basic Facts Guides to Gardening in Southwest Idaho

a list of blog articles covering the basics to help you with your garden in southwest Idaho

My Other Blogs

  • Fun Fitness After 50
  • Fun Learning Chinese
  • LauraBlodgett.com
  • The Happy Homeschool

Blogroll

  • Anemone Flynn
  • Fine Gardening
  • Gourmet In The Field
  • Sew 4 Home

About me

 

 

Daily Improvisations is a project by Laura Blodgett

If you want to know more about what I’m up to and where to read about it, here is a summary!

Making sure you know that:

Some of the links on this site are affiliate links, including affiliate links to amazon.com. See disclosures here.

Contact Me

Contact Me
First

All pictures and content including the name and logo “Daily Improvisations” are Copyright (c) 2019 by Laura Blodgett, unless otherwise noted. Please contact the author with any questions or comments.

Tags

animals Backyard Oven backyard weeds book reviews Chef Betharoni chickens Cori Lou Costa Rica crochet and knit decorating even I can do dehydrating fabric stores around the world flowers flowers from seed Gardens Around the Globe helpless female homestead injuries insects interview Maui music organizing poems PVC Pipe Projects questioning the establishment recipes restaurant reviews sew sewing southwest Idaho gardening sprinklers stock market diaries Taipei Taiwan technology know-how The Best Little Chocolate Shops tools and equipment underground house unimpeded parenting Wild Greg Adventure

Copyright © 2023 · Beautiful Pro Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in