There were lots of clouds but blue sky between them and the wind from the Northwest kept them moving. A pine warbler got up early to have time with the suet. Then four starlings showed up to fight over the suet and all the respectable birds left. Brown thrashers had some of everything except seeds. White throats helped with the crumbs. A pair of Carolina wrens were also willing to try every feeder.
Egrets hunted small bites in the shallows. A couple of herons flew upstream. Osprey were around off-and-on but harassed by crows. The cat was around too. The male red bellied woodpecker had suet for lunch. So did downy woodpeckers. Yellow rumped warblers were at different plumage stages between winter and summer.
I moved the barkbutter cup over to the corner of the house and hung the hummingbird feeder where it had been. Crows showed up frequently when they weren't harassing an osprey. One of the wrens shared suet with the red belly - bold little bird! The brown headed nuthatch returned and finally I got proof. Clouds that had been blowing through all day blushed in the evening light and the sky was mostly clear at twilight.
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