5½” on the patio table, and 14F at 7am. By 9am the sun started to poke through the clouds, and a flock of goldfinches were jockying for position on the feeder. Then we spotted this stranger — the female bluebird maybe?
Goldfinch
Eastern Goldfinch
Usually our most plentiful feeder visitors.
Good Friday — and springtime
Azaleas, wild dogwood, minding the hellebores, preparing the veg gardens . . .
. . . goldfinches, cardinals, woodpeckers
Lunchtime
Sunflower on one side, thistle on the other. How to decide?