One of the really enjoyable things about this apartment is all of the different colored hummingbirds that hang around us on our balcony at daybreak and again at sunset. We have a temporary feeder that we found with a suction cup hanger so that we didn't have to disturb the cement ceiling, but I really love these new hummingbird feeders from J. Schatz available from Plastica. They are so whimsical and feel very much like a Takashi Murakami installation with the bright colors and high-gloss plastic look. What a cool and unexpected accent to your garden!

[1. Plastica]

I'm having so much fun having breakfast with my dad every morning and watching the birds visit the feeder for a sunflower snack. We've seen chickadees, sparrows, cardinals, mourning doves, blue-headed vireos, and finches stop by.

I'd love to get my dad these snowflake millet treats for the wild birds in his backyard, but I don't think they'd last very long! 

Doesn't the bird in the photo remind you of a Charley Harper painting?

[1. Jen Goellnitz; 2. Charley Harper]

I'm loving this video of the making of Bird, a wonderful new photography book by Andrew Zuckerman. It makes me miss Sunny, a cockatiel that I grew up with. Actually, I've been in the habit of missing all of my favorite animals lately.