[va-bird] Winter arrivals

On the 23rd of this month I was surprised to see a pine warbler feeding two
begging juveniles.  Seems pretty late for that.

The colder weather of the past week brought us red-breasted nuthatch and
both golden-crowned and ruby-crowned kinglets.  And despite the spring-like
weather today, we had the season's first juncos.  Also plenty of chipping
sparrows and yellow-rumped warblers, three red-tailed hawks migrating south
and, surprisingly, a black-and-white warbler.

Also this morning I was happy to see two bluebirds sampling the pokeberries
we left growing in the fenceline just for them and their fruit-eating
cousins.  Guess they're not quite ripe yet, though, as each bird only ate
one berry.

Alyce Quinn
Burnt Chimney

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