A Quiet Sunday Afternoon in a Shady Garden

I really think this is the first evening I have sat on the deck with  a camera on its tripod watching the bird garden.  The light produced images without shadow, but just the right amount of light for a good photograph.  The only things missing were the company of my wife and a glass of wine.  She was walking and it was too early for wine - but not by much.

Birds are most actively foraging early in the morning, and then again just before dark.  I caught that evening rush, but in truth many are active much of the day as they take in as much nutrition as possible to ensure a healthy clutch of eggs, or begin the long journey to their breeding grounds.  Anyway I had fun, and here are some of the results.

A Gray Catbird searches for seeds under the feeders

This Hermit Thrush has been a regular all winter.
 In a little over a month it will be off to Canada

Bluebirds have paired off by now, and will be looking
for suitable nesting sites in about two weeks. 
Who says they don't visit tube feeders? 
Where there are mealworms Bluebirds will go.

A male Pine Warbler gets his share of mealworms too

Female Red-winged Blackbirds  seem to be everywhere right now

White-breasted Nuthatches often live in an upside-down world,
scurrying down a tree head first.  This one raided the peanut feeder.