The day was sunny but windy. A mockingbird hoped for an early breakfast but I thought it was too chilly to venture out. The black cat sauntered around the far edge of the pool. I worried a bit because one of the mockingbirds was down on the ground but the cat just kept going. Also on the ground were white throated sparrows including the first tan morph I've seen this season. "Males of both color types prefer females with white stripes, but both kinds of females prefer tan-striped males." according to All About Birds.
Eventually I poured barkbutter balls into the hanging dishes. A blue jay must have been watching. A white breasted nuthatch headed for seeds instead. So did a brown headed nuthatch. Up in the wild cherry, a squirrel waved its tail as though it was conducting music. I hung another block of suet and started cleaning the pool cover. The mockingbirds argued over the suet. A squirrel who appeared to be nursing foraged for seeds. Toward sundown the male red bellied woodpecker has suet for supper.
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