It was still breezy but nothing like yesterday's gale. The wind was predicted to shift from North to South before Monday, so it seemed time to put out a hummingbird feeder. There was no frost overnight though it was down in the 30s. The first sighting of the morning was a kingfisher making a catch and flying off upstream. A little later, two birds came speeding downstream and disappeared. This was all to fast to get on camera. Then ospreys began circling and hovering, and I saw a couple plunge.
First starlings and then woodpeckers came for the suet that wasn't there. They seemed to have difficulty believing the restaurant had closed. One downy did sample the sunflower seeds since there was nothing better.
Two titmice, chickadees, and cardinals also came for sunflower seeds, and one female cardinal was unwilling to share. White throated sparrows and a junco poked through the mulch. One sparrow was startled by a squirrel and shot up about 18" before coming back down in disgust. Two blue jays foraged around the far side of the pool. One picked up nesting material. The afternoon was much less interesting. I saw a cabbage butterfly and a crane fly. At supper, the cardinal pair were feeding each other. Sweet!
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