:waving: Been awhile since I’ve logged on. Been reading lots of messages–I read the beginning of your message on swifts and ballwinders. As as new knitter, I wasn’t sure what those were. :?? Then I remembered from your blog you are a birdwatcher . . . . and I thought wow–those must be some really exotic species you’ve seen recently. :happydance: I was imagining all these little feathered creatures swooping down from the sky, picking up twigs and grass and stings and winding them into ball shaped nests . . . . THEN :doh: :figureditout:
There ARE swifts! We have chimney swifts all over here…Ive never seen one land. I can only identify them in flight…they have an interesting flight pattern and a boomerang shape.
But…BALLWINDERS??? :roflhard:
Our landscape designer (at work) and I are good friends…we had a BLAST one day coming up with bird names! Hairy-chested Buttscratch
Hoary Barhopper (there is actually a prairie plant called “Hoary Vervain”…I believe his lovely assistant is “Monarda”, another prairie plant) Green-toed Jellocreeper
I don’t see any boobs, though.