Sleeping in the Forest

Here are a few updates from around the yard... things are getting pretty green here, but I am still waiting for consistently sunny, warm days!

There were a bunch of white crowned sparrows hanging around, but I haven't seen them for several days. Maybe they moved on already.






The nashville warbler has stayed though, a welcome guest:



I know it's blurry, but I like the abstract quality



getting the stink-eye from a ruby crowned kinglet



I haven't seen the chickadees in their box since this was taken a week ago, I hope they didn't pick a different nest site...

In other exciting bird-related news: a pair of harlequin ducks are cruising around the local rivers- I saw them last on the lower Hood River, and they were spotted again on the White Salmon. Also, the western tanagers are here! Welcome back! Pics of them to come in the next post (my camera battery is charging)...