Life on the Outer Coast

Bird watching from the house has been rather rewarding the last few days. The bird feeder has been visited by a Steller's jay, several chickadees, 3 nuthatches and a song sparrow. Robins, both juvenile and adults, Varied thrush, Ruby and Golden Crowned kinglets, a Sapsucker, juncos, Rufous hummers and Crossbills have been in the garden.

As of yesterday, I had seen two nuthatches at the feeder, today there were three visiting at the same time. One seems rounder and larger than the other two. It was also the one that held still enough that the photo was adequate. I sat out on the deck for about a half an hour listening and waiting for an opportunity to get a photo. Deleted most of them, nuthatches are highly mobile little birds and the autofocus on the camera isn't functional at the moment.

The chickadees and nuthatches weren't concerned enough about my presence and proximity (about 6ft) to avoid the feeder, but the Steller's jay did some serious squawking. The nuthatches were not too thrilled with the presence of the Steller's jay. They skittered up the trunk (pursued by the jay) and eventually flew off. The jay didn't follow them away from the feeder tree.

Although I haven't seen a warbler for the last couple of days, I'm not convinced that they are gone yet. Probably just not looking out the window at the right time.

As I'm writing this, the chickadees, jay and nuthatches are at the feeder and deck rail at the same time.