Tuesday, November 14, 2017

More migrants

It was sunny and breezy and cold. Three bluebirds showed up but the pair made it clear that the third was unwelcome.  A male pine warbler found the suet and a goldfinch landed for comparison.  A flycatcher (kingbird or phoebe?) surprised me by fluttering outside the window facing the camellia, but quickly flew across the yard, and away.

A commotion by the dam outfall drew my attention.  Egrets and cormorants had apparently found a school and were fishing. 

During lunch, I saw a pelican cruise up, then down, stream.  A dredge chugged upstream.  A squirrel chose the roof of the bird feeder to give itself a scrub, first face, then tail.  A whole flock of white throats foraged everywhere.  After lunch, I spotted a cormorant with another flat, white fish that was not going down easily.


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