Friday, March 27, 2020

Noisy birds

The brown thrasher returned for more suet.   The red bellied woodpecker put an end to that.  But the brown thrasher came back later. 

A bufflehead drake paddled upstream.  Turtles basked on the log in the lake. A pileated woodpecker landed on the post and examined the suet but flew off before I could get a photo.

The grass was full of robins.  I caught a blue jay preening in the wild cherry.  Then it took a turn at the suet.  A bluebird landed on the seed feeder but seemed very puzzled by sunflower seeds.

We took a walk in the neighborhood and spotted mockingbirds establishing their territories.   White throats were eating maple seeds.  Yellow jacket queens searched for nest sites.  A red bellied woodpecker worked on a dead limb in an overgrown yard.  A group of ant hills were close together and among them was a small patch of bluets. 

The bumblebees had already fertilized a lot of blueberry blossoms.  A sprinkle of unpredicted rain followed our walk. 


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