The Mourning Dove above has many friends and they serenade us morning and evening.
Ooops! This isn't a feathered friend at all. It is the hanging basket Randy got his Mom for Mother's Day.
European or House Finch
American Goldfinch
Male Downy Woodpecker (The males are always prettier!)
Ruby Throated Hummingbird, Female
Dixie after a bath. Also not a feathered friend.
Bedtime.
This is the Red Breasted Nuthatch and is a new sighting for us. Above is the Female and below is the Male.
We also saw for the first time a Cedar Waxwing but never with a camera handy. Apparently they stay only a short time in the spring and early summer and then move on. Other regular visitors to our diner included the cardinals, chickadees, sparrows, titmouse, wrens and we saw northern orioles in the treetops but got no photos!
Our new Squirrel Buster feeder really works. The outer cage is mounted on a soft spring that collapses with more than a pound on it and closes off the seed ports. It is so effective the squirrels don't even try anymore. It also thwarted the Grackles as they could not perch on the small wire perches and could not cling to the mesh and still reach the seeds.
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