Things outdoors looked wet when we got up. Pine warblers and a wren were already competing for the suet. A white breasted nuthatch suddenly joined them. I ran an errand and when I came back, a yellow bellied sapsucker was torturing the pecan tree.
A mallard pair and several male buffleheads paddled around on quiet water. There was some rain mid day. A red breasted nuthatch looked unhappy. A red bellied woodpecker, a bluebird, and a blue jay escaped the camera. The cloud cover made it hard to get enough light for closeups.
I think I counted three female orioles. They worked on suet in between jelly binges. Downy woodpeckers evicted the warblers from the suet. A tufted titmouse and house finches showed up for seeds, along with chickadees and cardinals. A female flicker stayed in the trees. After dark, the cannonade began because, of course, we cannot change calendars without noise. And thus endeth 2018.
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