Thursday, February 8, 2018

Cooler

 A pine warbler, a downy woodpecker, a red bellied woodpecker, and white throated sparrows breakfasted with us.  Then the yellow rumped warbler chased the pine warbler away.  Bluebirds and Carolina wrens soon appeared.  I glimpsed buffleheads, ruddy ducks, hoodies and red breasted mergansers on the creek. 

At lunch, a brown headed nuthatch appeared.  The kinglet proved he was still here. Of course the butterbutt bullied both of them and a pine warbler off the suet. Three blue jays made a pass at the dish feeder but were disappointed. Titmice hung out with chickadees and cardinals came for seeds in the afternoon.  I was a little surprised to see juncos. 

A couple of pelicans perched on one of the dead trees in the lake, along with cormorants and a heron.  The cat was hunting in the late afternoon.  One of the herons picked up a decaying fish.  I hope it didn't eat any.  A little later a red tailed hawk occupied the same piling, but the light was failing. 


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