This crisp fall morning in Tacoma has been another banner morning for
backyard bird watching. The White-throated Sparrow that I first
noticed in our yard on Tuesday has been back every day since,
scratching at the detritus under our bird feeders and under a red
flowering currant bush while half a dozen Golden-crowned Sparrows
scratched the soil and ate spilled sunflower seeds directly under the
feeders. This morning they were joined by a Song Sparrow, quite
likely the same Song Sparrow that spent all winter visiting our yard
last winter.

Besides the trio of sparrows above, we also had a first-year Northern
Flicker using the feeder and drinking from the bird bath, and a host
of Dark-eyed Junco mixing with Chickadees who would fly down to the
ground, pick up a seed and then dash into the snowball bush that is
rapidly dropping its leaves after last night's low temperatures
reached 25 degrees. Yesterday the yard bird list also included a
Bewick's Wren, and a Sharp-shinned Hawk that made two unsuccessful
attempts to snag House Sparrows throughout the day.

There are definite benefits to sitting next to windows while I write each day.

Happy birding,

Rob
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