Yellow crowned night heron

Blue jays and bluebirds sought barkbutter balls for breakfast.  A male red bellied woodpecker wanted suet. 

I was shocked to see an entire family of goslings squeezed into the birdbath like it was a kiddie wading pool.  The parents were supervising this silliness but I sent the whole family scuttling. 

At last, a yellow crowned night heron arrived to prowl the shoreline.  I wonder if it missed the fallen pine tree?  Or if it wondered about the strange "logs" paralleling the shore?  

The male pileated woodpecker wanted suet for lunch.  A bluebird disapproved.  Two blue jays foraged around the birdbath.  A mockingbird dived onto the barkbutter balls.  

In the mid afternoon, the night heron preened on a post.  A few turtles and a young cormorant rested on the lake logs.  Later. a brown headed nuthatch took over the seed feeder from house finches twice its size.  A mockingbird tried acrobatics for food.