On the 10th I saw a couple of white throats foraging.. The Carolina wrens shared the suet. The wild cherry had real leaves and I spotted a violet. Buffleheads paddled in choppy water. An egret fished downstream.
Today, the male red bellied woodpecker posed in the pine. The egret was back at its fishing hole. A Carolina wren came calling and later sand for us. A white throat focused on the mulch. The female red belly came for suet. Titmice got seeds.
And I saw a butterfly! What's more it was a new one to me. Gray Hairstreak Strymon melinus but it was very dark. The Spring morph is supposed to be darker but I didn't see any photos s dark as this one.
Yesterday I meant to record the visitors to the feeders,
but the time slipped away. It almost did again today. But I wanted to record the pine warbler that was too fast for me. And, of course, the
myrtle warbler, defender of suet against all small birds. It drove off a
white breasted nuthatch, alas.
Moss was fruiting. Blueberries were beginning to bloom. I spotted a bluebird in the grass. It may be time to avoid the bluebird house. Turtles were soaking up warmth but a couple of geese were crowding them. A bufflehead drake paddled by. And the cat arrived and sat.
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