Winter Rain Returned

The winter rain returned in the Pacific Northwest.

"The ground has been dry, so we welcome the rain."👍

"I think so, too.  Today I can dance to celebrate it."☺️

Northern Pintail:  "We are back for winter."🤩🦆🪿

My Winter Friend Is Here

The fall rain has dropped most of the Japanese maple leaves.🍁

 A week ago, a Ruby-crowned Kinglet arrived and found a lot of  little bugs in the bushes(honeysuckle).

"I know where the bugs are.  Then Juncos and Chickadees 

followed me to finish them up.😋😥"

"Now I need to get clean before the real winter rain arrives."

Many Winter Birds

The other day at the nearby wetlands, I saw a huge number of Cackling Goose. 

"Honk, honk, honk.  We are so crowded and very loud today."😙

"We are up high in the sky."😁🍁

"I am down here.  We are Green-winged Teal.  We just joined here."😁

Happy Halloween!🎃🎃

Freezing Temperature

 The freezing temperature returned in my backyard.   The leaves are changing colors.

Red-breasted Nuthatch:  "The suet helps me to stay warm in the cold weather."😋

Song Sparrow:  "I still like the seeds here."😋

Western Scrub-jay:  "Look at the beautiful red blueberry leaves."🍁

Red-breasted Sapsucker:  "I am a rare visitor, but I heard a commotion here."🎃😁

Autumn Colors

 Yellow and red leaves are everywhere now.🍁

A Cooper's Hawk came back to my backyard after a long absence.🤩

"I wanted to check on the backyard this afternoon. 

 Everybody is already hidden.  I am not popular here."🥲

A few days afterwards, a Red-tailed Hawk was flying up above.

"I love the autumn weather.  Warm, but not hot. 

The sky is so high that I can see far away."👍

Autumn Weather

At the wetlands,  quite a few little birds were flying around the bushes, eating seeds.

 

"I am a Lesser Goldfinch."😋

"I am a Cedar Waxwing and soon moving to a warmer area."☺️

"Who am I? "

"I think I am a Yellow-rumped Warbler, just 

returned from the woods for winter."🍁🎃

Fall Visitor

 Another beautiful sky.

A warm weather helps the fuchsia keep blooming this fall.

Someone came back to my backyard.  There are several of them.

"Every fall I come back here with  my family. 

 My favorite seeds are here."😋