The changeable weather was what I associate with Easter - showers alternating with bright sunshine. An opossum crossed the patio in front of me to snuffle for fallen sunflower seeds. Then it hustled off around the corner of the house.
Starlings kept interrupting other birds to get at the suet. Downy and red bellied woodpeckers, the brown thrasher, orioles, and warblers all wanted suet. A Carolina wren and white throats foraged below. The cardinals found a way to share the seed feeder perch. Usually their combined weight is too much.
The rain turned the bark butter balls to something more like granola. This didn't bother the bluebirds, but it was too tedious for blue jays. Two male bluebirds came to blows over the bark butter ball feeder.
In the late afternoon, a titmouse sampled each of the feeders. A goldfinch looked around at the feeders and turned up its beak. Clouds tinted rose for sunset.
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