In-between season

According to Mary Reid Barrow's column, the summer birds have left but the winter birds are just beginning to arrive so there are actually fewer birds around at this time of year.  And of course there are seeds and berries for the year around birds so they don't need feeders. 

A mockingbird ate beauty berries while chickadees stayed with the sunflower seed feeder.  A cardinal booted them off the feeder but as soon as he left they were back.  A cormorant sunbathed on the lake and geese made the creek noisy.  I saw a little, pale butterfly (I think) hurry across the yard.  Saltbush fluff caught in spider threads that looked fresh.  But I saw no spiders.  The wind was chilly despite the sun, so I came in.