sitting in bed with a pileated woodpecker http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/148414736 The bird stayed in the little patch of tree that I can focus on through the open window. The food was small and I never saw what was being pulled out of the holes http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/148414729 http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/148414730 The tufted titmice are paired up but not sharing peanuts http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/148414721 http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/148414719 Pine warbler is one of the 5 species wintering in my local patch http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/148414722 3 wilson's warblers are using the hummingbird feeder but are in and out very fast and very wary. The cardinal people are starting to feed each other and play kissy face when exchanging food http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/148414714 A few of the goldfinches are starting to yellow and develop black caps http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/148414713 And life is really rough being a squirrel http://www.pbase.com/joseph_kennedy_36/image/148414712 Actually, the squirrel population is way down all over the neighborhood due to the great skill of the red-tailed hawks and their children of last summer that did not move out and away after fledging. -- Joseph C. Kennedy on Buffalo Bayou in West Houston Josephkennedy36@xxxxxxxxx Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking permission from the List Owner