The warmth returned, but with cloudy skies. Two mockingbirds made several visits for food. The woodpeckers and starlings finished off the suet. A downy was very frustrated by a pileated. Eventually the downy ate some seeds. Then the yellow cat made everyone nervous.
The female red bellied woodpecker ignored the suet in favor of seeds. A white breasted nuthatch, maybe two, defeated my attempts to get a photo. Warblers were less flighty. When I filled the barkbutter ball dish, the blue jays were right on it. A crow was close behind. Then bluebirds came. White throated sparrows bustled around the mulch.
The narcissus bloomed. After the birds ate all the barkbutter balls I put out some mealworms. All the birds seemed to drop more than they ate, but the ground foragers will take care of the fallen. Even the orioles turned up for mealworms. The red bellied woodpecker didn't want to share seeds with the downy. I was surprised that the mockingbird, which is bigger, deferred to the female oriole on the matter of mealworms.
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