I saw SEVEN eagles soaring over our neighborhood a few days ago! They dont normally fly much over land, either, so that was surprising. I actually heard them first,and then finally saw them all together to count them – they kind of screech.
The Mallard ducks have been making an appearance fairly regularly, though it is really Mr Duck who is here most. He can’t seem to find a steady date……
Native Douglas squirrels are getting very noisy, too, as they start nesting and getting territorial. I think we’ve finally stopped moving their caches around, and we made a small pile of loose bark pieces asnd wood for them to use as their new “stash” site.
Lots and lots of birds out, and they are louder, too. Ususlly there are feeding times, especially around noon-1 or so, and then in the late afternoon. Now they seem to be active all the time. The smaller songbirds tend to hang out and feed together, as there is safety in numers when they use each others’ predator alarm cries. Therefore when you see chickadees, you’ll probably also see wrens, bushtits, kinglets and thrushes. The slightly larger birds like the siskins and finches are usually more on their own. We haven’t had the crazy robin here this year, banging her head against a window for weeks (6 weeks) at a time. Thank goodness, cuz that waas a mess….she went after about seven different windows, making a bird-dropping mess at each one.
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