Happy Thanksgiving!
This year, I am thankful for health, nice weather, my loved ones (including kitty), all of you wonderful people, and the fact that I get to enjoy Grackles a lot longer than usual but not in the overwhelming numbers from summer. I see one at least every day, but upon closer inspection, it appears that there are several individuals. I wonder if they will now actually spend the winter here, that would be a first. I hope you are surrounded by good people and have a good meal today. If you are shopping for Christmas presents, consider my calendar, it is still on sale until tonight. Happy Thanksgiving!
It is a little bit crazy
that we basically had summer weather until last week, but now things have returned to much more normal. While I don’t like freezing, I know how to protect myself and believe that nature in our area needs the four seasons to properly thrive year round, so I am very happy about the frosty temperatures we are currently getting. The heated bird baths are doing their work, and I noticed a lot more visitors at the peanut butter branch cam. There is one lone Grackle left. I am sure it will make it even if it stays all winter but this is a first.
This unusually mild fall
has resulted in the latest Grackles and Redwinged Blackbird I have seen in my yard. These two are from yesterday and the day before. I have not seen any today yet, and we had the first snow here this morning. The Redwinged Blackbird is an immature male, and I totally love his markings. (Just as I am writing this, I am seeing a RWBB outside.)
