one would never have believed from the way the rain was drumming on the roof during the night that we would wake to such perfect conditions. I took this photo during the first of two walks today to show not only the perfectly calm conditions, but the fact that the water levels have risen a bit....also not a duck, gull, heron or anything else to be seen on the water or along the shore..
that doesn't mean there wasn't any activity! Yesterday I mentioned the male Red-wing Blackbirds staking out territories waiting for the females to arrive....well, here is a female.....they are arriving.
still lots of Varied Thrush around.....
but it is the Robins.....that are everywhere doing what robins do best...making us all feel so happy because we know that spring is well on it's way. Even as I write this and it is getting dark, I can hear robins calling...
not to be outdone are the Black-capped Chickadees....there is a lot of their 'here penny' calling as they work around searching out potential nesting spots....
but the real activity today belonged to the woodpecker family....there was more drumming and tapping and calling....
Red-breasted Sapsuckers are notorious 'drummers' and this guy was making the most of this dead cedar tree....it echoed beautifully!
Northern Flicker were active all over the place, this is one of a pair that I think are planning on nesting in that snag...unfortunately it is in such a position I haven't been able to get a good photo...
and speaking of positions, this is a position I don't normally go to for fears of encouraging others and disturbing the wildlife, but today I broke my own code and ventured down because I could hear....
this Hairy Woodpecker working away...
one other noteworthy item....
this male Purple Finch was singing his heart out from the top of a pussy willow tree. Bushtits and Golden crowned Kinglets were nearby as well.
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