Anyway, I've taken up hiking now that the weather's warm again and in the space of a week I have sighted what I believe was an indigo bunting and a northern oriole (not at the same time; pictures below for reference). I'm sharing this information with you all here because people in my real life don't seem very interested in my bird sightings, for some reason.
There are also some house finches that are nesting above my porch. From my living room couch I observed the female continuously trying to get twigs that were too heavy for her up into the half-built nest, only to drop them mid-flight or accidentally knock them back to the ground when she finally did get them up. Throughout this entire display the male sat nearby, not moving or seeming to take note. I considered putting the twigs up by the nest myself, but I wasn't inclined to find out how much damage two territorial finches could inflict.
Indigo bunting
Northern oriole
When the babies did hatch, you could look into the tiny hole in the wall and see 5 pairs of beady little eyes looking back at you.... creeeee-py
Though when I strike out away from my apartment for whatever reason the avian variety grows a bit (going to the city, however, only nets me pigeons, of course, but they're fairly interesting pigeons so I'm not complaining too much). I really ought to keep my camera with me on some of those walks; they do get up to some interesting things, like seeing a few of them taking a bath in a nearby stream.
