Well, I'm glad to say that I saw Mr. Grossbeak tonight. I was very excited and went out to the shop to tell my husband. He was all like, "Grossbeak? I saw him a week ago."
WHAT???
I've been so impatient to see my summer birds again. I cannot believe the Grossbeaks have been here for a week. He said he thinks he told me, and he probably did, but it didn't register for some reason. Sometime during the week when I was too busy to note it, the Dark Eyed Juncos headed home to nest. I haven't seen one in at least two days. They are cute, but I was tired of them. I'm sure I'll be very happy to see them in the fall. Today we've had many White-Throated Sparrows. They are so pretty. OH YES, and Chickadees have moved into my bluebird house. I'm very happy about this because we don't really have the wide open spaces that bluebirds love, and Chickadees are one of my favorites anyway.
I'm still anxious to see the Buntings, Catbirds, Orioles and of course the Hummingbirds. I saw Coop today (that is what we call the Cooper's Hawk who stalks our feeders). I also may have seen a Yellow Bellied Sap Sucker. Whatever it was it was flying overhead. I am pretty sure I saw a yellow wash on the sides, but... I'll have to wait and hope to confirm this.
On a separate topic, my Kindergartener won the Pricipal's award at her school yesterday. We are very proud of her, her "excellent work habits" earned her this esteemed honor. We celebrated with an awesome dinner of black nugget beef kabobs, rice and strawberries on the deck, and while we were eating, 4 deer walked through the back of our clearing (near the chickadee house). Then we had cookie dough ice cream/hot fudge sundaes with whipped cream. It was a wonderful evening.
Labels: birds, Grossbeaks, migration
