The Elegant Starling

The last and most popular birds during the fall were Starlings. They like to hang out in big groups, and it is quite fascinating to watch them pecking on the grass and keeping busy. Birds come and go, and as the winter has now passed, I cannot believe how many birds have arrived here. Even though there is still a lot of snow on the ground, the birds have already started to sing early in the morning. Yes, we almost don't have to use the clock buzzer to wake us up. The Red-winged blackbirds are already hanging on the sides of the road, and the Canada Geese are flying over our heads. I wonder if any of them are confused because of all the snow still on the ground.

On a side note, an interesting note about Canada geese.

Once Canada geese arrive here in Canada, they are almost everywhere, and you better wear shoes. Goose poop is everywhere. So, they are protected here in Canada; we cannot really do anything. However, I read a sad piece of information from one of my blogger friends, JB from JB's Big World: "A sad fact is that the Canada Goose is considered a game bird and it is widely hunted in Texas!". That is sad. Thanks, JB, for letting us know.

Few days left to vote. Thanks to all who voted on the topic of how many posts I should publish per week. There are not many statistics going on, but in the future I will try to at least post two posts per week. Also, if you noticed, I finally rolled up my sleeves and started to play around with the Blogger template. Successfully, I added an icon to the title of the post and also small bullet icons to the lists on the sidebar. Learning something new every day is fun.

~ Anna