Daily Bucket - Different small visitors

"Hey, I'm working here! What ya looking at?"

The Daily Bucket is a nature refuge. We amicably discuss animals, weather, climate, soil, plants, waters and note life’s patterns. We invite you to note what you are seeing around you in your own part of the world, and to share your observations in the comments below. Each note is a record that we can refer to in the future as we try to understand the phenological patterns that are quietly unwinding around us.  To have the Daily Bucket in your Activity Stream,visit Backyard Science’s profile page and click on follow.

This is a “filler” diary to show some of the variety of birds visiting my make shift feeding station.  I make small piles of sunflower seeds in my driveway during the winter months.  I get many regulars but that activity draws onlookers.  The surrounding Oak trees provide “stadium seating” and snacks.  Here are some of the photos from last month.

Nov. 22nd, “ButterButt” aka, non breeding Yellow-rumped Warbler female

Same bird different perch

Rusty Blackbird

same Blackbird in profile

Pine Warbler

Golden-crowned Kiinglet

Northern Cardinals

male Goldfinch (non-breeding plumage)

White-breasted Nuthatch with sunflower seed

Robins

White-throated Sparrow

Brown Creeper

All this activity happens around the presence of the neighbor’s cat “Sissy”.  She loves to disrupt feeding schedules when she is not busy grooming (which is often enough that the birds are well fed).

There was this one spot that needed attention.

Squirrel watching to see if the cat has moved.

I hope these photos bring a smile to you and let you know the world keeps on revolving even when the media has foreboding news.

I got an email from a reviewer at eBird concerning one of my submissions.  I had labelled this bird as a Palm Warbler.  The photo was taken Jan. 2022 in my yard.  I corrected the listing and renamed it Prairie Warbler.  The fact that I took the photo in January makes it uncommon to Mississippi for that time of year.

Prairie Warbler — Setophaga discolor

Any little bit of brightness is welcomed here and I would love to see and hear about your own simple moments of activity.