Still hungry

The sun shone but it was still cold, and the birds were still hungry.  The barkbutter balls were gone again and a pine warbler was sad.  The white breasted nuthatch ate seeds instead.  The brown headed nuthatch was right behind.  And the warbler tried seeds too.  Goldfinches tried the seeds on the mountain mint but I don't think they liked them much.  A frustrated blue jay drank from the birdbath.  

 A male cardinal argued with a male bluebird on the seed feeder.  Then another male bluebird flew in.  Then a pine warbler flew in and we had all the primary colors.  A brown headed nuthatch schemed to get past the bigger birds.  All this upset the cardinal who chased them all away, then left.  A flurry of house finches ensued.  The female downy decided the suet was safer.  A goldfinch was attracted to the suet despite supposedly a vegetarian.  Finally the mockingbird arrived for a drink. 

The black and white cat stalked a squirrel and caught it. They wrestled and the squirrel got away. I wonder how.  The cat tried to pretend nothing happened.  Soon it left and birds began to reappear.  White throats stayed earthbound despite the danger.  A Carolina wren had a movable feast.  The male downy ate suet.  Chickadees and titmice ate seeds though a titmouse yearned for barkbutter balls.  I had a morning meeting and hoped to see pelicans again but no such luck.  Just before, I refilled the barkbutter dish and by the time the meeting was over it was empty again.  I also refilled the jelly dish.