I have recently added a walk-through rose and wisteria arbor to my garden. It is immediately outside my back screened porch, and when I sit on my porch, watching my birds perching on my arbor, I feel like I’m playing a part in the movie Swiss Family Robinson. No, I don’t live in an aerie,…
Tag: Backyard Birds
The Birds Who Love to Perch on My New Walk-Through Rose and Wisteria Arbor
I have spent the past several days erecting the walls of my walk-through rose arbor, and I have begun the brick walkway through that area to the back of my garden. Because a temporary rain season is hovering here now, my work outside is stalled, but I am able to sit on my screened…
Birds in My Mississippi Backyard – Includes Calls & Songs of Each Bird
Because my mockingbird has been my most faithful backyard bird, I’ll begin with him. I lived in this house for almost a year before I had any backyard birds other than my mockingbird. The Carolina chickadee’s bird call is a fast, high pitched “chick-a-dee-dee-dee” (Photo from Canva Pro “If you hear a bird call that…
Bird and Butterfly Sightings in My Mississippi Garden by Date – 2024
Northern Mockingbird My Most Constant and Loyal Bird Friend in Mississippi I moved to this house in Mississippi almost a year ago, and I was surprised that for months, the only bird that frequented my yard was a mockingbird. On a brutally cold day in January, I went into my backyard, and he was there…
Is My Mockingbird More than a Backyard Bird? Bird Symbolism
Today, I was talking to a local farmer, and after she told me about all the animals she is raising on her farm, I said: “My only livestock is my mockingbird.” And while I said that laughingly, it is true that I am a bit perplexed about the mockingbird that has become my best outside…
How to Attract & Identify Backyard Birds in Mississippi Gardens
This spring, I will begin a concerted effort to attract more birds to my yard. At this point, what seems to be a solitary mockingbird is the most frequent flyer in my yard. Throughout the summer, I saw him skittering about one of my shrubs. I am surprised that I even noticed him. Mockingbirds are…