{"id":810,"date":"2005-07-28T17:56:00","date_gmt":"2005-07-28T17:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backyardbirdcam.com\/birdblog\/?p=810"},"modified":"2005-07-28T17:56:00","modified_gmt":"2005-07-28T17:56:00","slug":"welcome-my-first-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.backyardbirdcam.com\/birdblog\/welcome-my-first-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome – my first blog!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m new to blogging and must admit that I wonder if this blog will be read by anyone and if it will actually become — and this is what I hope — a fun way to connect with people who enjoy birds as much as I do. I can tell I’m in trouble with this blog already. I’ve written the first sentence and it’s too lengthy… a real run-on sentence! Okay, maybe improving my writing skills will be an unexpected result from this blog-adventure!<\/p>\n

As I sit at my computer, in my home office in north Oklahoma City, the sparrows, cardinals and blue jays are busy feeding outside my window. In the backyard, the doves (white-winged, eurasian collared and mourning) have been busy all day chowing down on seed. And I was pleasantly surprised to see a wren in the yard! They aren’t that unusual in my area, I just haven’t had many in the yard since this winter when one came through the cat door and was injured flying around the house and I didn’t rescue it in time.

Today is a beautiful day – 90-degrees and very clear sky. A cold front came through yesterday and I took off for the Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge to chase birds and celebrate a mid-July day with a high temperature of 82-degrees! Photographed Black-capped Vireos (more on my photos in later postings), Summer Tanager, and got a nice pic of a Black-and-white Warbler! Great day and great to play hooky from work \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

This is my world as I see it from my backyard on Thursday, July 28. And welcome!<\/p>\n

Pat<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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