This weather has defied my winter prediction that warm means rain and sunny is cold. I counted birds again when I finally woke up. The butterbutt was still trying to hog the suet but a couple of starlings usurped the feeder and I chased them away. Later a titmouse slipped in and got breakfast. White throats foraged beneath. A great black back gull plunged after a fish. The grebe was back. A pair of hoodies fished below the dam. The female kingfisher rested on a dock post.
The song sparrow enjoyed the birdbath at lunch time. A Carolina wren and a white throat tried to share access to the water. Then the wren feasted on mealworms. The titmouse was back. The oriole finally came for jelly. A midge rested on the window - a good sign for insect eating birds. Then something scared the birds and the wren hid under the grill.
An hour later I saw crows chasing a hawk again. I wonder what attracts the hawk to this area where the crows are so thick? A band of clouds rose up from the North and moved across the sky while I counted birds. A chickadee and a red breasted nuthatch finally made it to the feeder. There have not been nearly so many of either of them recently.
There were squirrels all day but one in the afternoon only had half a tail. A second hawk chase was past my field of view too fast for the camera. A male kingfisher dived but came up empty, perched on the boatlift, then came across the creek to sit in one of our trees. The female red bellied woodpecker showed up in the late afternoon. A pair of hoodies floated and preened. As the light was fading, a male pine warbler came for suet and mealworms. About eight egrets came flying together over the dam, then wheeled and went back up the lake.
This weather has defied my winter prediction that warm means rain and sunny is cold. I counted birds again when I finally woke up. The butterbutt was still trying to hog the suet but a couple of starlings usurped the feeder and I chased them away. Later a titmouse slipped in and got breakfast. White throats foraged beneath. A great black back gull plunged after a fish. The grebe was back. A pair of hoodies fished below the dam. The female kingfisher rested on a dock post. 
The song sparrow enjoyed the birdbath at lunch time. A Carolina wren and a white throat tried to share access to the water. Then the wren feasted on mealworms. The titmouse was back. The oriole finally came for jelly. A midge rested on the window - a good sign for insect eating birds. Then something scared the birds and the wren hid under the grill.
An hour later I saw crows chasing a hawk again. I wonder what attracts the hawk to this area where the crows are so thick? A band of clouds rose up from the North and moved across the sky while I counted birds. A chickadee and a red breasted nuthatch finally made it to the feeder. There have not been nearly so many of either of them recently.
There were squirrels all day but one in the afternoon only had half a tail. A second hawk chase was past my field of view too fast for the camera. A male kingfisher dived but came up empty, perched on the boatlift, then came across the creek to sit in one of our trees. The female red bellied woodpecker showed up in the late afternoon. A pair of hoodies floated and preened. As the light was fading, a male pine warbler came for suet and mealworms. About eight egrets came flying together over the dam, then wheeled and went back up the lake.
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