The birds were impatient for refilled dishes, but my lateness may have saved them from a cat. Instead, the long-haired yellow cat tried to catch a squirrel. (The dog was oblivious to all the drama.) After the squirrel got away, the black cat appeared and the two felines seemed to have a conversation. Finally they left and I refilled the barkbutter balls and mealworms.
It didn't take long for a mockingbird appear, then a blue jay. Brown headed nuthatches ignored those delicacies and stuck with sunflower seeds. But the bluebirds were happy to feast on mealworms with a side of barkbutter.
The pileated woodpecker visited while I was outside. She let out a screech and veered off to the dogwood. Humpf. The dog was outside too but I'm fairly sure it was my looks that sent her off.
A pine warbler dug into the mealworms. A rather frazzled bluebird followed. Two mockingbirds came for lunch together one to the barkbutter balls dish, the other to the birdbath.
A bluebird brought a worm to the nestbox. The false indigo was in bloom. So was Japanese honeysuckle I need to chop down. Two Carolina wrens played tag around the base of the redwood. Either they were courting or one was a juvenile.
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