It must be spring, if for only a day. I counted 7 robins taking
advantage of spots of green lawn this morning. Then, I spotted 6 red-
wing blackbirds mixed in with some starlings. Maybe, the strong south
winds have brought them northward.
The red wings are my left-over seed clean-up crew.
I have an old robin's nest in the crotch of my weeping beech out
front. A red-bellied woodpecker was standing next to it-seemingly to
examine it ( though they don't use such nests). One of the robins
quickly drove the woodpecker off the nest. I've had robins reuse nests
before such as one made over an outdoor light. Maybe this was the
owner of the nest and wasn't taking any chances with an intruder.
I've also heard a tufted titmouse singing quite often over the last
two weeks.
Hope I get some other interesting birds today!
Carol Keeler
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