Right now, Club Amaro is wild about birds! We always have been into birds, but our first spring in Tennessee on our own property has got us a little fired up for our little winged, bipedal friends.

Yesterday, we put our first feeder out, filled with black oil sunflower seeds - hoping to get some good cardinal action. We also hung a hummingbird feeder in front of the office window and have an additional bird feeder on standby (waiting to purchase the right kind of seed). Sometime in the next few weeks we will make some suet balls to hang in the trees as well.

One of the most exciting parts of our aviary activity is our backyard bluebird house (pictured above). The birdhouse was built by a young girl named Aubrey. Aubrey and her Dad, Rusty made a bunch of these houses to sell for the purpose of raising money for a local Children's home here in town. (If you would like to read the story of Aubrey's quest to help Good Shepheards Children's home - and you really should! - I encourage you to head on over to this post at the Rutledge Review) We wanted to support Aubrey in her amazing endeavor, so we purchased one last fall. To be honest with you, I did not really think a bird would actually make a nest in it....but what in the world do I know?

Well, a few weeks ago we hung it up, and I'm here to say...WE HAVE TENANTS! It's so cool to look out my kitchen window and watch the momma and daddy birds bring stuff into the house to make their nest!!

My new quest (to be added to the long list of other quests I have) is to have the entire bird population of Middle Tennessean bring their beautiful plumage to partake of the seed bounty of Club Amaro Aviaries. It's not too much to ask, is it?

On a completely unrelated note, Club Amaro is waiting in breathless anticipation for the arrival of the Felts family! My cousin Ashley and her family will be coming to visit for a few days. YAY!! We look forward to having them. Ashley is going to be running in the Country Music marathon in Nashville Saturday morning. I would call her crazy, but since she's related to me, y'all might think that I was crazy too. Hmmm...maybe it's too late for that.

Here's hoping that you are taking in the aviarian pleasures this season is bringing in your area!

k