Sunday, February 11, 2018

Very warm

 A heron landed on the dock bench at breakfast.  The yellow rumped warbler was busy eating suet.  Blue jays kept eluding the camera as they snatched bark butter balls.   A lone male red breasted merganser paddled around the creek. 

 Despite a threatening sky, only little rain fell around mid day.  But the temperature reached 77°F and the air was humid.  A bird I think was an orange crowned warbler devoured suet.  The yellow rumped warbler shared the suet with a downy woodpecker - it was that or go hungry.  The female red bellied woodpecker played peek-a-boo with the post before settling on the suet. 

Meanwhile, a flock of gulls had a feeding frenzy.  They were mostly immature ring bills, but there was one great black backed gull among them. 


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