The Weekend

 Saturday was a little on the chilly side and occasionally cloudy and dark. I spent a little while photographing out of the East window and the usual crowd showed up, Bluebird, Carolina Wren, Cardinal and a very beady eyed Grackle. In the afternoon I sat in front of the waterfall for a couple of hours and the Red-breasted Nuthatch paid a visit for a drink. He and at least a couple of his pals have been here since the fall. A regular supply of peanuts, suet and sunflower seeds no doubt have helped enormously. Again the usual crowd at the waterfall. It's  still early for the Warblers though a few are arriving. Sunday was much warmer and we spent 3 hours walking around Memorial Lake. Along the way we saw several Palm, Pine and Myrtle Warblers, a good size flock of Bufflehead, Ruddy Ducks, Pied-Billed Grebe, a couple of Osprey and all the regular birds you'd expect to see up there. We did miss seeing a Caspian Tern apparently which would have been nice. The Trout Lily's were blooming all over the place. The Skunk Cabbage was a lovely bright green and I took a shot of those too.

As it was nice in the afternoon too I sat in front of the waterfall hoping for a nice spanking colorful warbler to come and pose for me. Nope. A nice selection of birds did pose so I took their photograph anyway. 

Here's some photographs from my weekend, not in any chronological order.

Morning in the Backyard

Evil Looking Common Grackle

Field Sparrow

Fishing at Memorial Lake

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Red-winged Blackbird

Song Sparrow

Tree Swallow

Trout Lily

American Robin

Skunk Cabbage

White-throated Sparrow