A chill wind is tossing dead leaves back up to the trees. A wren perched on the feeder while juncos foraged below. A pelican passed downstream while reddish ducks paddled up. I think they were female red breasted mergansers. A heron waded up to its tail feathers while a great black backed gull also fished on the low tide. Downstream an egret was also wading far from shore.
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The wren must have found the last seed. After K refilled the feeder, sparrows, juncos, finches, and cardinals appeared. A song sparrow ran off a white throat. Crows hassled something across the creek. Later a juvenile eagle swooped through and landed over there. The crows did not seem to notice. There are ducks out, but difficult to identify.
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The squirrel with the white spot on its hip is female. It is nursing babies. A turkey vulture sailed overhead. A cardinal and later a dove appeared to be moulting. The dove may be the victim of pecking - another chased it off. A sharp-shinned hawk suddenly appeared and flew over the house to the front yard.
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A different squirrel raced all around carrying something white in its mouth. Another squirrel followed it around. It looks like a tissue or a piece of cloth. Nesting?
A kingfisher flew upstream. Later, it hung out on a piling. Hooded mergansers paddled downstream in the late afternoon light. More herons flew upstream, low to the water.
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