Morning began with a pileated woodpecker and blue jays. Three starlings visited but were unsatisfied and didn't stay. A white throat pecked at the residue in the barkbutter dish. A Carolina wren got inside the dish. Meanwhile a goldfinch landed on the suet with a pine warbler. The goldfinch must have realized its mistake and joined the house finches for seeds. House finches are bigger.
The overcast sky developed blue rents. A pair of buffleheads drifted on the creek. Lots of little birds use the azalea by the side window as a launchpad for the feeders, but it is very hard to get photos of them. White breasted and brown headed nuthatches picked out seeds. I refilled the glass dish with a mix of mealworms and barkbutter balls. The pine warbler was pleased. A downy sampled the suet. The song sparrow found what I dropped (deliberately). Bluebirds noticed that the dish was refilled. The female oriole had jelly and a drink.
Pelicans and gulls were very busy on the creek but the only ducks I saw were the bufflehead pair and another female. A great blue heron stalked along our shoreline. By then the sky had cleared but the light was going.
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