Song sparrow

Bluebirds came early to get seeds.  A male oriole was at the jelly early.  Blue jays and a mockingbird preferred barkbutter balls.  A myrtle warbler had jelly on its mind.  A song sparrow bustled industriously around the patio with the white throats.  They did not get along well.  A female red belly got some barkbutter balls and some suet.  

Violets were blooming and I even found a few flowers on the rosemary.  I pulled up excess mountain mint.  The beard lichen on the bench back has spread.  I wish we had a better place for it to grow.  A cabbage white flitted around the yard till it was forced down by the wind.  The wind got so fierce that it drove me indoors despite the temperature being in the upper 70s.  Clouds moved in ad dark came early.