Brendan's best evening

Birder Brendan had a special treat.  He loves to see how close he can get to our bird feeders before the birds fly away.  They usually take off as soon as he starts walking towards them.  This particular night he was given a little gift.  One of our regular visitors (the house finch) let us get up close and personal. 

He's so loud most of the day.  I love when he is birding he knows to walk slow and stay quiet.  Lila has not mastered this skill.

He was hoping she would fly onto his outstretched arm.  She did not.

If only all our backyard birds would pose this nicely for a picture.  A fancy camera is not in our budget so we don't always get the best bird photographs.  Take note all birds and let us stand 2 feet away and get a nice picture.

Lila not mastering the quiet birding tricks.  She scared this poor girl to death by chasing it around and yelling,

"Birdie, Birdie, Birdie!  See Lila!!!"

The bird did not want to see Lila.

Brendan took this picture.  We weren't sure if she was hurt or not because she wasn't flying too high or too far.  After the kids traumatized observed the bird.  I told them we should leave her alone and see if she flies off.  Well not two minutes after we walked away, she happily flew away and was fine.  So thank you little finch for allowing us 15 minutes of your time.