5:01 AM – We put the new suet out last week, and it’s almost gone. The birds, like this male Downy Woodpecker, love it. Stand by for a new brick in a few days.
This Chipping Sparrow – you can tell by gray band around the eyes – is almost always in the open feeder.
Here’s bluebirds at the mealworm feeder, as usual. At one time we were worried we wouldn’t attract any of these gluttons, but we’ve got plenty of them. As long as the supply of mealworms holds out.
11:09 AM – We haven’t seen these really yellow Goldfinches for a few weeks. Here’s one. He’s not super yellow, but more so than the usual dull gold ones we’ve been getting:
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I thought at first that this was a new bird to the yard, because of the yellow spots on his crown, but it turned out to be a variety of the Yellow-rumped Warbler.
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This one is, in fact, new to the foodcourt. At least I think so. With Sparrows it’s hard to tell, there are so many varieties. These are Chipping Sparrows, non-breeding adults. The gray collar distinguishes them from the White Throated Sparrow that’s in the feeding pan with them.