A sunny but gusty beginning to 2025. Rain fell in the night bringing 2024's rainfall to just under 50" which is now about average. I poured fresh barkbutter balls and the blue jays were happy. The female pileated woodpecker celebrated with suet. White throats and warblers scrounged what fell. Later, the pine and myrtle warblers got a turn at the suet, shared with a downy.
A bufflehead drake patrolled the creek. Then a female came along. The last rose still lingered, maybe because it hadn't been pollinated? It looked weather beaten but still red. In the afternoon, the oriole got her jelly fix and a drink afterward. Both pileateds returned and family drama ensued.
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