Since my last post, I’ve seen palm warblers coming to the feeders daily. I enjoyed watching one scare off a pine warbler at the mealworms. The pine warblers sometimes fight each other off a little bit. It’s fun to watch them flitter around.
I’ve been seeing the phoebe a few times, but not daily. Only on the fences, never in our yard or at the feeders. I’m hoping that he’ll come once it’s cooler and later in the fall/winter. Yesterday I did see two together though! I was taking a photo of one on the neighbors’ fence when another came in and perched sort of nearby. They didn’t stick around long, but it was so fun to see them together.
For the most part, it still feels quiet around here though. Still mostly just the mourning doves (still, so many– I saw like 12 at the feeders the other day). No yellow rumpers. Some pine and palm warblers, but that’s about it. It even feels like the bluebirds aren’t coming around quite as frequently, although maybe it’s more that I haven’t been watching as much.
We’re leaving for Australia today so I’ll be taking down the feeders for about 3 weeks. Luckily I’ll have time to clean them all before we head out, so I can just pop them right back up as soon as we’re home. I am already looking forward to who might come around and find our feeders once we get back. I’m hoping we’ll see some fun winter residents.
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