Diary 11/8/12

For the last two days, we have had so many bird visitors in our yard.  I think there are both northbound and southbound birds out there.  They take baths and get several serious drinks at out little pond and then they are gone as a new few come through.  I see robins, both brown and red adults and some taupe juveniles.  There are varied thrushes with their v-neck sweater looking breasts.  I saw a couple flickers, so much larger than the others, a definite woodpecker flight when they takes off.  Added to this is a basic scrub jay or three that have been here for weeks harvesting acorns. The picture does not do justice to what was going on out there, but every time I hid with my camera, they must have been on to me because they did not return. That is two robins sitting on the rocks at the rear of the picture.