Sitting on my deck, surrounded by the woods of Belfair, and overlooking our natural spring, I am surrounded by birds and bird song. I can see 4 Red-shafted Flickers (one of which, a female, paid me a brief visit by sitting on the deck while giving me the once over), 10 juncos, at least 20 black-capped chickadee, 5 Chestnut-backed chickadee, 3 Spotted Towhee, 15 American Robin (one bathing in the spring), 2 Stellar Jay, 2 Song Sparrow, and one Band-tailed pigeon (shouldn't he be on the way south by now???). Further into the woods, I can see the dark shapes of many more birds flying around amongst the trees. Today seems to have brought about an increase in feeding activity from the previous couple of weeks. Anyone else noticing similar activity?

Temp: 50 degrees, foggy, 3:45pm

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Marian Murdoch
Belfair, WA
marianmurdoch at yahoo.com