Great Day for Birds

Today I sat on the deck with Andy the cat and watched the wildlife come and go from the bird feeders.  It was amazing to see so many different birds.  We had the scrub jay and Stellar jay at the suet feeder.  There were red breasted nuthatches scurrying up the redwood trees searching for tidmits.  The grosbeaks were singing their lovely songs and eating black oil sunflower seeds.  Ms. Turkey was picking up seeds off the ground and a titmouse was at the feeder off and on.  The California quail were out and about with the morning doves eating seeds off the ground.  A piliated woodpecker could be heard banging away in a tree.  The rufous sided towhees were also picking up seeds.  And of course there were the ravens.  I hadn't seen them so I yelled really loud RAVENS and here they came on the wing and settled in a tree to comment on my rude behaviour.  For their efforts they got two eggs and some Old Roy dog kibbles.  They sat in the tree for sometime making little cooing sounds and knocking and then came down and got their treats and then they were off.  The male gold finches are getting brighter yellow everyday- mating season is here.  Have to impress those female gold finches!  Isn't is great that the males have to get dressed up?
Earlier in the day we were driving up the driveway and there was a piliated woodpecker banging on a redwood log right by the car door.  We stopped so that we could get a good look.  What a pretty bird he was, such a bright red head and lovely gray body.
We have so many hummingbirds right now.  Usually the mass of hummingbirds is here in late March as they migrate from Mexico up to the northern latitudes.   This year it has been so cold that I believe the migration has been delayed.  I have to fill my feeders twice a day to keep up with the demand.  The resident Anna's hummingbirds are being outmanuvered by the Allan's at the feeders.  The Allan's are smaller and golden in color and very pugnacious and very pretty.  There is alot of diving and fancy flying going on in the hummingbird world around here.  Soon the Allan's will move north and peace will return to the mountain.
So all in all it was a great day for birding and I didn't have to go anywhere!