Thursday, August 25, 2022

Hungry birds

The creek was quiet under a hazy sky.  Hummingbirds fought over access to the feeder.  A juvenile bluebird watched from the feeder hanger but didn't figure out how to get a meal.  

Blue jays flocked to the barkbutter balls but a female red bellied woodpecker wanted them too.  At least two brown headed nuthatches made repeat trips for seeds.  A white breasted nuthatch joined them. 

I got just a glimpse of a great crested flycatcher up in the cherry tree.  A Carolina wren foraged on the ground.  A female downy woodpecker came to see if the suet had returned but only found the hummer feeder. 

Some kind of swallowtail was flitting around.  I caught two skinks and three frogs in the pool.  Around 3:30pm ugly clouds moved out of the South but no rain fell. 


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