The prediction for today was way off. The creek was a muddy gray and rough Instead of partly cloudy, we got chilly, rainy, windy weather. It was still dry when I got up, so I hustled to put out some barkbutter balls in hopes that birds would entertain us during breakfast. But by the time I sat down the rain had begun. The birds did entertain, nevertheless. Mockingbirds were happy with damp barkbutter balls. So were blue jays. As he ate seeds, I noticed the male bluebird still had a bent feather.
A pileated woodpecker checked to see if there was suet. There wasn't. The downy and red belly females ate seeds instead. A white throated sparrow continued to forage on the ground. This year there have been mostly the high-contrast morph and few if any of the tan morph, I think. I wonder if that means anything?
The bluebird and downy woodpecker had a confrontation over the seed perch. Then a titmouse preempted the downy. A white breasted nuthatch was content with seeds and a brown headed nuthatch managed to get a turn at the seeds too.
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