Once again, the clouds thickened and the day went from sunny to gray. Carolina wrens were early birds on the suet. The cat showed up and pretended to leave but hid. Birds stayed away and the cat gave up. Downy woodpeckers ignored it. House finches were starting to court!
The myrtle warbler was very frustrated by the competition for the suet. A goldfinch visited but didn't eat anything. Hungry titmice were bolder than usual. A female oriole challenged the warbler too. White throated sparrows stayed busy on the ground. A couple of male pine warblers visited. The red bellied woodpecker was big enough to discourage all the birds. And finally, we had juncos. More of the daffodils were blooming and the last pink camellia still held on. A brown thrasher tried to slip by unnoticed and snatch bark butter balls.
Below the denuded dam, a great blue heron fished. Hooded mergansers floated by. A female bufflehead was with them. I think a grebe was out there but it dove just and the camera snapped.
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