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Birdzilla

And no, I'm not talking about me.

Although my family might disagree. They call me the Bird Lady because I am obsessed with taking care of our backyard birds (especially when we had our huge snow storm) and am always filling our bird feeders, making more bird feeders and stopping everything to make everyone look at a bird, whether it be at home or in the car.

We really wanted to participate in The Great Backyard Bird Count, but time just got the better of us. Maybe next year. Plus, I was a little worried that I wouldn't be able to identify the birds.

Then I came across Birdzilla while reading one of my favorite blogs, Handbook of Nature Study. Am I the only bird lover who has never heard of that site???

It's awesome! It has an online book for each state with the Top 50 native birds. The pictures are amazing! It describes nesting and gives fun facts and gives an audio of their songs. I looked at it for fifteen minutes and was, like, "yeah, we have that .. and that .. and, oh, that's what that is!" Love it!

Check it out!

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