Morning was lovely. The song sparrow was up early and looked like it was enjoying the weather. The creek was in the mood for sunny reflections. Juncos were more interested in breakfast. The male bluebird seemed curious.
The male red bellied woodpecker worked on the suet. Blue jays preferred carryout, i.e. barkbutter balls. Then the cat just had to come and spoil my bird watching. I am afraid that the birds have gotten too used to the cat and will get killed. The dark faced myrtle warbler arrived to police the feeders.
Two bufflehead drakes paddled around the creek while two young cormorants sunbathed on a barnacle-coated snag. A female bufflehead ignored the drakes.
Meanwhile the pileated pair played a slow chase courting game right in front of my window. A female red bellied woodpecker was only interested in suet. A second female bufflehead materialized. A downy woodpecker followed the red bellied on the suet.
At lunch, a female bluebird gathered nesting material. A brown headed nuthatch gathered sunflower seeds. The male pileated was after suet this time.
A black swallowtail fluttered around the rue. More than a dozen turtles basked on the lake. The female bufflehead rolled over on her back on the water. I was busy on the computer all afternoon while clouds moved in and the wind picked up. Finally I dropped everything and hurried outside with another block of suet since it will be bad weather tomorrow. The cat was lurking again and I was able to hustle it off on my way to the suet cage.
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