A Fun Morning

This morning was fun! I stepped out of the house ready to head to work and noticed a flurry of activity in the hackberry tree behind the house. There were several small birds. I went inside and grabbed my binoculars. There were Carolina Chickadees, Ruby-crowned Kinglets and Indigo Buntings all flitting around in the tree. At the top was a Northern Mockingbird and a male Rose-breasted Grosbeak sitting next to him! A couple of Killdeer called incessently as they flew overhead. A Yellow-bellied Sapsucker flew in the tree and started pecking at the bark. A minute later, a Red-bellied Woodpecker flew to one of the branches, made his way out to the end and plucked the berries off the branches. All this time, the "normal" birds were at the feeders: Northern Cardinals, Blue Jays, Eurasian Collared Doves, House Sparrows. It was a lot of fun watching them. I was a little late getting to the office because of it, but it was worth it!