I think I'll change the name of my blog to "Andrew's Amazing Animal Almanac"....alliteration anyone?

I guess I'll stop making excuses for not posting often...I just haven't felt like it too much lately. Maybe it's because "Resurfaced" is no more. I'm surprised the blogosphere hasn't come to a complete halt as a result. Anyways, I figured I'd stop in for a weekly entry.

Kristi and I got some bird feeders and supplies around my birthday, sort of as part of my birthday present. I have been waiting ever since then for a bird to show up, and I have been sorely disappointed. My parents bought us a birdbath this week though, and so I faithfully kept it filled with clean water waiting for a breakthrough. This weekend marked the beginning of what I hope will soon be a bird paradise in our backyard. Strangely enough I was playing the drums on Saturday morning when I saw the first Chickadee land on our feeder:

This liitle guy and his Chickadee friend have been faithful since then, flying up at regular intervals all morning, grabbing seed, and then flying back to the woods. I learned on Wikipedia that these may actually be "Carolina Chickadees." Either way, their interest in our feeders quickly attracted other birds, and today I saw Mourning Doves and what I thought were Wrens, but I think they may be "House Finches":
As well as Goldfinches (I think?), which I was most excited about:
We even had two Goldfinches on our thistle feeder at one point:
I'm not positive those are Goldfinches, as they look different than the pictures I can find...but they do look similar to "Lesser Goldfinches," so maybe they are. What a crappy name...I'm glad no one calls me "Lesser Andrew." Well, not to my face anyways. I am still waiting for the Woodpeckers and the Cardinals, which I see in the woods all the time.

Today the mixing at church went well despite some rough spots at rehearsal. Mixing with ensemble mics is always a challenge, and this week it just wasn't working on Wednesday. We thought about giving wireless mics to some of the singers, but with some re-positioning and restructuring of panning, everything worked out well. James arranged a countryish version of "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" for the prelude today which was cool. Here's the video Joe posted on YouTube...

Sweet camera directing, eh?

That's it for tonight. I need to post an update on my drums, and also a fun project my dad and I worked on, but I will wait for another time...mainly because I have to get pictures off of my mom's camera. In closing, my brackets won't be doing too well this year as I'll have Clemson going all the way....but if they do, oh baby....

Oh and here's another picture for your enjoyment: