Birds of Winter

This morning I stepped outside to do a little bird watching. I figured I'd see if any of the Winter birds had arrived on the cold front we had a few days ago. I expected to see a few white throat sparrows and and juncos. Imagine my surprise and delight when I stepped out and there were not just a few species, but ALL of the birds that hang out here in the Winter. There were white throat sparrows, juncos, cedar waxwings, a Northern Flicker, a Yellow Bellied Sapsucker, Eastern Phoebes, Yellow Rumped Warblers, chipping sparrows, lots of cardinals and red breasted nuthatches, AND at least a hundred American Robins. I always thought that Robins were only here in the Spring, but that myth was totally busted today:) The birds were flitting to and fro, taking turns bathing and drinking out of a water pan we left out in the yard. The sapsucker was sucking sap out of the Loquat tree, and the Northern Flicker was hopping around under the Oleander bush eating bugs. I was in birding Heaven.

Life doesn't get any better than this....