The day was warm but mostly overcast. Not much happened in the morning while I cooked. The starlings were frustrated by the suet so went for the bark butter instead. A pine warbler was also unhappy with the suet arrangement. Hooded and red breasted mergansers paddled on the creek. Rain fell very briefly around 1pm.
A female oriole appeared in the dogwood right after the rain. She landed on the suet while the female downy was eating. The downy made a threat display and the oriole flew away and never returned, even though I rushed grape jelly to the scene. A squirrel helped itself to the jelly. Titmice joined the regulars at the Sunflower Cafe. White throats popped up all over. Blue jays wanted bark butter. A yellow rumped warbler investigated the empty feeder outside my office.
The red bellied woodpecker seemed unsure of the new suet arrangement even though she easily ate previous suet blocks from beneath. I counted five female hoodies on the creek, and later saw a drake. Three buffleheads, one male, were in the vicinity. I'm not sure if there was more than one red breasted merganser. And there was one coot.
Then a wood duck pair came up the creek, perhaps looking for a nest site. There were turtles out on the log by the lake, but not nearly so many.
The day was warm but mostly overcast. Not much happened in the morning while I cooked. The starlings were frustrated by the suet so went for the bark butter instead. A pine warbler was also unhappy with the suet arrangement. Hooded and red breasted mergansers paddled on the creek. Rain fell very briefly around 1pm.
A female oriole appeared in the dogwood right after the rain. She landed on the suet while the female downy was eating. The downy made a threat display and the oriole flew away and never returned, even though I rushed grape jelly to the scene. A squirrel helped itself to the jelly. Titmice joined the regulars at the Sunflower Cafe. White throats popped up all over. Blue jays wanted bark butter. A yellow rumped warbler investigated the empty feeder outside my office. 
The red bellied woodpecker seemed unsure of the new suet arrangement even though she easily ate previous suet blocks from beneath. I counted five female hoodies on the creek, and later saw a drake. Three buffleheads, one male, were in the vicinity. I'm not sure if there was more than one red breasted merganser. And there was one coot.
Then a wood duck pair came up the creek, perhaps looking for a nest site. There were turtles out on the log by the lake, but not nearly so many.
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