A brown-headed cowbird and his mate stopped by the feeders today. This is the first we’ve seen in our yard. We had a plethora of black-headed grosbeaks and their young at the feeders today too.

Who needs a gutter cleaning service when you have Steller’s Jays!? I heard an usual noise against the house today, so I looked out the 2nd story bedroom window to investigate. To my surprise, there was a Steller’s Jay, pulling moss and leaves out of the rain gutter and tossing it over the side to [...]