A Good Day

Yesterday, I had Patty over to finish making some covers for her RV seats. She is a neat person, didn't hesitate to sew, helped in every way possible, even cooked some left over pasta and spruced it up for lunch.
So at one point she was sitting at the machine and yelled over to me, "There are birds at your feeder." I rushed into the room. And started to cry.
My dad bought me this set up over the Christmas holiday. I mounted and filled it over the week of February 14. I was beginning to think that I wouldn't get any birds at this feeder because it was mounted onto the house, and that the birds did not want to come so close to a human structure. Wrong.
This is a Pygmy Huthatch, the first bird we saw. Pretty little stubby tail. Then came a White Breasted Huthatch and a Dark-eyed Junco (scroll down the page to see the Arizona form). They didn't stay for long, had a few seeds, checked out the digs and went away. I tried to capture my own photos to no avail. So I was pretty happy. YEAH!
I have been researching bird friendly plants, berry plants that will attract birds and give them special treats. I would like to make this a backyard habitat for birds using native plants. Or should I call it a side yard?
David and I are going to take a beginning birding class given by some folks at the local Audubon Society. We will have four classes indoors and three field trips. It ought to be fun and will be nice to see the birding spots they choose for field trips.
OPS!! I was able to take a photo!