Arrived home from work on Friday to a gorgeous male RB grosbeak at my feeders. A second male joined him late yesterday.
I spent Saturday morning lazy birding from my east stoop w coffee and a crossword. First bird I saw was a golden-winged warbler, lol. Other FOY yard birds this weekend include white-crowned sparrows (which I haven’t had in years!), YB sapsucker and house wrens who are filling the air with their warbling chatter. Two random juncos showed up today, oddly both missing tail feathers so only the white retrices are showing. Which makes my science geek brain wonder if this is why they’re straggling, a sign of some underlying condition or truly just a random occurrence. They're hanging with the 70+ WTsparrows who are in constant motion in the yard. A few yellow-rumpeds still here but the horde left yesterday with the pine warblers. Purple finches swarm the feeders. RCkinglets were all over the place this past week, but I've not seen a single one today, lol. Just poof! Gone. It's so fun to watch the waves of spring migration. Hope you all had a wonderful weekend! - Tami in Afton ---- General information and guidelines for posting: https://moumn.org/listservice.html Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly.
