Well, after all the posts about the Anna's I had the first real fighting
this morning...26 degrees, two feeders out...4 adult males battling it out
over the four-port glass bottle feeder under the eaves in the weak sun. They
were so intent on driving one another out that no feeding was going on & I
was concerned about all that energy expended. They finally broke and all got
on a port and sucked like crazy for a bit, then off they went again on the
next round...it was crazy!

Meanwhile another adult male, an immature male and a female were taking
turns at the double port half cylinder upstairs. A friend of mine has two
more of those and will loan hers to me for the winter. I'll keep you posted
on the results of all the feeders.

I also counted 18 Fox Sparrows, 8 Golden-crowned Sparrows, 8 Spotted
Towhees, 3 Red-breasted Nuthatches, myriads of both chickadees, 2 Steller's
Jays, 9 Dark-eyed Juncos, 2 Song Sparrows and several crows...oh, and 2
Douglas Squirrels. It was a busy morning.

Dianna Moore
dlmoor2 at coastaccess.com
Ocean Shores, WA.