Despite the best efforts of a gang of grackles, we’ve had a flurry of backyard bird activity this morning.
There’s a tufted titmouse, which I don’t think I’ve seen at our feeders before, along with robins, house sparrows, chipping sparrows, a song sparrow, cardinals, finches of both the house and gold varieties, dark-eyed juncos, black-capped chickadees, a blue jay, a Carolina wren, and the mourning doves that never seem to leave.
The woodpeckers are missing, though the squirrels (five of them!) are making short work of the suet anyway.
And, last night, I saw a small hawk flying just above the brush along the ravine.
UPDATE: The red-bellied woodpecker showed up, another titmouse came by, and I can add a red-winged blackbird to the list! What a day.
Photo courtesy of Bebelebe.
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