Morning was warm and sunny. A mockingbird and a Carolina wren got away without a photo. I thought the stupid feral cat was watching the bird feeder until it pounced at a squirrel underneath. The squirrel jumped away, gave the cat a look as if saying, "Forget you!" and sauntered off. I missed getting that on camera too. The cat decided it was time for personal hygiene.
The downy woodpeckers had a lot of competition for suet. Two pine warblers wanted a share, but not to share with each other. Even a bluebird and two goldfinches checked out the suet. The bluebird hung around much of the morning. Its orange breast appeared to me to be faintly freckled so I wondered if it was a new adult. It was behind a window screen much of the time so the mottling might have been an illusion.
A brown headed nuthatch snatched a sunflower seed faster than the camera could focus. A blue jay and a brown thrasher argued over the bark butter balls. In the afternoon, clouds thickened and the wind gusted. The temperature peaked at 72
°F. A leaf footed bug landed on the window but didn't stay. A great blue heron chased another upstream. The songbirds disappeared.
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