Sunday, March 17, 2019

Duck on the dock

Titmice were hungry enough to come to the seed feeder.  A blue jay was up in the redwood.  A white throated sparrow needed a drink.  I finally caught a downy woodpecker in mid-leap from post to suet.  And yes, it was a leap - "look, no wings! 

A male red bellied woodpecker eluded me until it landed on a thin, whippy redwood twig.  Another red belly was in the tree but I couldn't see much of it.  I don't know if the resident red bellied woodpecker found a girlfriend or a rival.  A very greenish pine warbler showed up for bark butter.  A nuthatch mooned me on the feeder perch.  A goldfinch got a drink from the pool puddle.  A blue jay also liked the bark butter.  A different myrtle warbler appeared on the bark butter dish. 

An egret stalked downstream while buffleheads bobbed in the water under the dam.  A male wood duck was snoozing on the edge of the dock, apparently without a care in the world. The creek sparkles under passing clouds.  Just one turtle crawled up on a log.  The moon looked big in the afternoon sky.


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