This neighborhood's for the birds!

We decided to set up the office in our den, which has a great span of windows across the whole front of the room, kind of like a bay front. So as I sit here, working most of the day, I get to see an amazing array of birds.

We have several pair of quail (I think they're nesting in the empty lot, next door).


And we've been visited by a momma duck and her immense paddle of ducklings.




The night before, we came home from dinner and found her sitting in the grass next to the garage -- doesn't she know Boise's in a desert!

And finally, we have these funny little birds that chirp and flit about all day long, landing on the bushes in front of the den, as well as the trees out back.


There are a couple of magpies in the neighborhood as well, but I haven't managed to catch them with the camera yet. And of course, we also have some robins and even a few crow, but those aren't unusual to me. I mean, who has Quail in their front yard? It took me several days and lots of wasted photos to catch those suckers! Now I know I don't have the patience to be a wildlife photographer...