Lunch Time Birdwatching

There are many benefits to working just four miles from home. The best has to be catching half an hour of birdwatching during the lunch hour. Even better now that it is pitch black when I leave the office at 5:00. Ugh. And it only gets worse through, what, December 21st? Yep, a mid-day birdwatching fix is what the lady needs to get through the cold and dark winter.

Today's clear skies and slightly warmer temps did improve things. I finally took a few pictures --- nothing noteworthy, but here are a few of the birds chowing down this afternoon:

Dark-eyed Junco; Mourning Dove & Common Grackle; American Goldfinch; White-throated Sparrow; House Finches dining with a Northern Cardinal.





























































Unfortunately, the bird show was cut short when they bolted en masse. Even the squirrels froze in their tracks for a couple of minutes. There must have been a hawk in the area, or at least flying overhead, but I never saw it.

Only this Northern Flicker stuck around a while longer not seeming to be all too concerned with the imminent danger.