Right now in the back yard, the Northern Mockingbirds, Tom and Mrs. Tom, are sitting on top of the jasmine trellis looking deeply offended. (It’s cloudy and cold today.) A group of finches is in one of the trees, and some mourning doves are eating seed from the ground under one of the feeders.
I was just out in front, and there was a female cardinal in the tree, chip-chipping. I don’t know if it’s Mrs. Bill, who is usually in the back yard, or a strange girl cardinal.
It is snowing here today with temps in the teens. I’m seeing a good variety of feeder birds: cardinals, gold finches, sparrows, starlings, junco (on the ground underneath), tufted titmice, nuthatches, downy, hairy, and pileated woodpeckers, northern flicker, gray catbird, chickadees, and wrens. Oh, and a sharp shinned hawk stopped by to see if he could grab one of them, or maybe a mouse or a chipmunk? I’m trying to capture a few photos through the window, but they’re not terribly clear. Only a few have turned out ok so far today. If I can, I will try to share.