Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Cold and bright

Sunshine made lovely reflections at breakfast.  The brown headed nuthatches were up early.  Pine warblers greeted the sun.  Blue jays and bluebirds soon noticed the fresh barkbutter balls.  A white throated sparrow watched from the bench.  A female oriole was eating jelly when a male arrived and demanded possession.  A white breasted nuthatch tried to get some seeds but the house finches weren't sharing.  The red bellied woodpecker sneaked in for barkbutter balls but finally I caught her on camera.  A chickadee tried to get nourishment from the empty suet cage.  

Pelicans passed over the creek and occasionally one plunged after a fish.  A surfboard appeared on our dock.  Great blue herons had a tiff over territory.  A pair of hooded mergansers paddled upstream.  The winning heron preened its ruffled feathers. 

After lunch, K installed a fresh block of suet.  A starling enjoyed a barkbutter ball.  So did the bluebirds.  A Carolina wren scavenged beneath.  


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