Birds!

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I have quite a few small warblers visiting the garden trees,but they are too fast for me to get a good identification with binoculars.
There were some black buzzards roosting in a pine in the lower field.They make lots of funny sounds communicating with each other.
Whippoorwills and fireflies every night!

A pair of bullfinches at it in a tree....

Swallow-tailed kites soaring.

A few days ago: flock of five swans flying past. A kingfisher, which I first spotted when it was heading directly towards me - took a moment to understand what the little mop of shaggy orange feathers zooming through the air was!

The usuals that winter over.Snowbirds and sparrows .
Haven’t heard the geese going over yet.

The robin who keeps demanding to be fed while I wait to go in for my evening shift is actually two robins. I think one is imitating the other, but hasn't quite got the hang of it. Landing on the picnic table and staring at me: 10/10. Actually picking up the crumbs: 0/10. Either it can't see them, or is too nervous to take its eyes off me.

I’ve had a Brown Thrasher come to the feeder all winter long.
Saw three Bald Eagles circling the other day.
Speaking of birds, time to fill the feeder.
Black oil sunflower and hen scratch.Suet cake when I have one.
Later on I will use orange slices to attract the Baltimore Orioles when they pass thru.

Two barred owls fledged this past week from their hole in an old storm-damaged oak. They are as cute as can be. Elongated bits of fluff, with a couple of skinny legs beneath. They are totally covered in brown to grey down. The first day they hung out in the nest tree. Walking along branches, flapping their wings, a bit of a hop/fly. This progressed to flapping wings, a jump and suddenly one is on a branch maybe 12 inches higher looking totally astonished. Then perhaps a bit of a walk, another leap with flapping wings and back where they started, looking mystified but pleased all the same.

By now, they have moved off into nearby trees, but will stay nearby for quite some time.