Having bemoaned our lack of birds, we woke up to double the usual number of lesser goldfinches and juncos. Around noon a flock of about 100 robins came into the neighborhood
and were followed by about 50 cedar waxwings.  Next up was a large flock of starlings, who tried to find out how many of them could land on our bird bath at one time (about a dozen is the correct answer). Two yellow rump warblers appeared with the starlings
(a first for our yard). The final group of the day was a flock of two to three dozen magpies. By 3 PM all the birds were gone, not so much as a junco remained.  I’m guessing the next weather front is pushing them, or maybe it was our neighborhood’s turn on
their rotation schedule.

Great fun either way!

Tom Soniville