Guineas

We live in a neighborhood in Austin that used to be a farm. The owner's of the farm apparently kept guinea fowl by the dozens and when they moved out and the land became divided and sold, the guineas decided to stay. 

It was one of the reasons Jack and I decided to buy the house we currently live in. We liked the idea of living amongst these crazy birds. I mean, don't we all live amongst crazy birds?? At least we're being literal about it...

Surprisingly they don't really spend a whole of time in the trees so these pictures don't do them justice. They love grazing in our front yard, back yard, on top of our fences and we've even seen them sunning on our mailbox before. They keep reproducing so they're pretty much here to stay. They are loud, obnoxious, poop on the sidewalk and we love/hate them.

 Chaucer HATES them...

and Jackson likes to watch them, comment on them, and then go back to his bike.