It’s been a warm, dry fall so far. With the drought, birds and critters have appreciated the water in birdbaths and the pond. But the drought was broken as reported in our previous post, and we have started hearing toads again at night.
A flock of several hundred grackles passed through a few days ago and we have started seeing Ruby-crowned Kinglets. Surely colder weather is not far off.
Eastern Bluebird
Blue Jay
Brown-headed Nuthatch
House Finch and Northern Cardinal
Carolina Wren
Flock of Common Grackles
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Eastern Bluebird
Downy Woodpecker
Eastern Gray Squirrel
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
House Finch
Ladybug Larva
Northern Mockingbird
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Song Sparrow
White-breasted Nuthatch and Eastern Bluebird
White-breasted Nuthatch
the Intown Hawk 
We got 3.5″ on Monday & 1.2″ yesterday!!
On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 7:14 AM, the Intown Hawk wrote:
> beveritt posted: “It’s been a warm, dry fall so far. One of the photos > below is of a ladybug larva and we have started hearing toads at night > after yesterday’s rain revitalized them. With the drought, birds and > critters have appreciated the water in birdbaths and the pond” >
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So did we. Wonderful!
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