Spotted a Killdeer at work today sprinting across the street over to the grassy area.  Here is a photo(taken from here).

The Killdeer is a shorebird, but you can see them in many different places.  It's an insect eating plover.  Beautiful bird I believe.


I also saw a few big 'ol Canada Geese; they were just hanging out blocking the road on my way out of work.  I think I may be the only person who enjoys that haha.

Photo taken from here.

Inspiration

I found a blog called "Red and the Peanut" yesterday, and I already know that I love it!  Her blog is located here and I think any birder would enjoy it!

This weekend I plan to head to Lowe's and get a bird feeder and a hummingbird feeder to attract even more birds to the little area I can see from my porch.  I'll try to put up some pictures, but I don't have the greatest of cameras yet; I'm working on it though.

First day on the porch

On the 14th, I spent a lovely Sunday on my porch playing with my new binoculars and watching some intriguing birds!  Here's what I saw:

Unidentified: 

•  Larger plump bird with a grey back and a dull yellow underbelly.  He also had (black?) eye rings and a stripe on his beak.  He was foraging on the ground and standing very tall, puffing out his wings a bit.

If anyone has any ideas what this birdy may be, please let me know.  I don't know if it was territorial or mating behavior but he stood up straight and would slightly open his wings and square up his shoulders.    

• Red Bellied Woodpecker:  He had a black body with white bars/dots and red on the top of his head, the sides of his head were white; he was chowing down on insects or whatever in the trees.  He picked at the bark rather than carving it out as most people would think with a woodpecker.  (This picture was not taken by me but is found on Cornell’s website).
   
  
  
   It's funny all of the beautiful birds you never notice when you're not looking for them.  We all notice the larger woodpecker that you can hear drilling a tree from a mile away; but this is a little birdy I had never noticed until I looked closely.  He doesn't loudly hack away at the trees, he sort of 'picks' at them instead.  
   
  
   

     So, my new found love of birds is only about a week old.  I recently traveled to Colorado for work and spent all my free time on the most beautiful mountain trails.  Long story short, I noticed some beautiful birds and start Goggling and before I knew it, I wanted to be a bird watcher.
    
     Here I am now back in South Carolina and starting my new journey with a brand new pair of binoculars, watching birds from my screened porch.  I got myself some Bushnell 8x42 binoculars because they were the best I could do within my budget.  If you'd like some more really good info on choosing binoculars check out this article for beginners.  Also, look here for lots of other good "getting started" information.  Anyways, I'll keep this intro short; next I'll post my first exciting bird finds!