There wasn't really any rain but the air was damp. Thin dark clouds blew along under higher, whiter, slower clouds. The sun came through gaps. The temperature rose to nearly 70
°F. At breakfast the oriole kicked a Carolina wren off the mealworms. Sparrows arrived early. Hoodies were out on rough water.
When I got home, the sky was clearing and birds were all over. Red breasted nuthatches, downy woodpeckers, wrens, and orioles came for lunch. Something caused the nuthatch to freeze on the feeder perch which was convenient for me! A song sparrow walked through the birdbath. The wind gusts roughened the birdbath water, though there weren't any actual whitecaps. The two male orioles continued their power struggle. Two downy woodpeckers played follow-my-leader up treetrunks - courtship?
A pine warbler appeared and a titmouse sampled a mealworm. The red bellied woodpecker hung around but couldn't quite get up the nerve to land on the suet. A flicker lurked in the redwood. A little mystery bird in the azalea right beside the window may have been a golden crowned kinglet. A blue jay hammered a nut in the cherry. And one Carolina wren had a lovely bath while the other ate more mealworms.
A female bufflehead paddled in the choppy water. A great blue heron stood on the neighbor's floating dock for a while, then stalked along the bulkhead. The tide was very low by then.
When I got home, the sky was clearing and birds were all over. Red breasted nuthatches, downy woodpeckers, wrens, and orioles came for lunch. Something caused the nuthatch to freeze on the feeder perch which was convenient for me! A song sparrow walked through the birdbath. The wind gusts roughened the birdbath water, though there weren't any actual whitecaps. The two male orioles continued their power struggle. Two downy woodpeckers played follow-my-leader up treetrunks - courtship?
A pine warbler appeared and a titmouse sampled a mealworm. The red bellied woodpecker hung around but couldn't quite get up the nerve to land on the suet. A flicker lurked in the redwood. A little mystery bird in the azalea right beside the window may have been a golden crowned kinglet. A blue jay hammered a nut in the cherry. And one Carolina wren had a lovely bath while the other ate more mealworms.
A female bufflehead paddled in the choppy water. A great blue heron stood on the neighbor's floating dock for a while, then stalked along the bulkhead. The tide was very low by then.
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