Woodpecker and Junco’s and Loitering

Woodpecker flew up into a tree yesterday. I’m not sure what kind he was, but did appear to have a red tinged triangle at his head and black and white wing tips on…

The Junco’s are back after a brief haitus and are just tearing up the feeder and playing in the trees, lately.

The hummingbird feeders have been refilled and washed. One more feeder was added to the backyard, in addition to one vertical regular feeder.

The bird bath was empty two days ago, washed and refilled in time for the Junco’s to play. Last night near the bath, a bird was chirping an alert - sure enough there is a stray cat. He exited as soon as he saw me, and then another cat appeared… he soon exited but no quite fast enough for me. He was loitering around me newly planted rose bush. Likely, looking for a fresh place to squat.

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Observation type: Casual Observation
Observation date: 7/9/09 Distance covered: N/A
Start time: 5:55 PM Area covered: 1.0 acre(s)
Duration: 1 hour(s) 0 minute(s) Elevation: N/A
Number of people in party: 1
Comments: This is the second day in a row that the Pileated woodpecker showed up and my first Anna’s hummbingbird for the summer.
Species

Are you submitting a complete checklist of the birds you saw/heard? No

1 Anna’s Hummingbird
1 Pileated Woodpecker
2 Steller’s Jay
4 American/Northwestern Crow
1 Black-capped Chickadee
1 Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)

Hummingbird

Hummingbird passed through about the same time 7:30pm, but did not stop at the feeder last night. Instead he visited the rose bramble.

Hummingbird and Shrike

An orange hummingbird flew down the tree line and disappeared for awhile, but came back to visit my feeder. I have a very small hummingbird feeder. It is so small that you wouldn’t think that it would attract any hummers. I’ve been patiently waiting for them this year and had prepped the bird feeder quite early. It was so early in fact that the food had nearly all blown or leaked out. There was a residual amount in the bottom of the feeder that was not even visable.

In the tall pines, a shrike visited yesterday.