Winter is coming

 3:00 to 4:00pm, 62 Degrees, Clear, Wind 6mph S, Bar 29.99 fall

Winter is coming! It was nice out. However, the birds were not terribly active. Not really a lot of bird chatter. Sunset is 5:35 today. It is the closest I have come to sunset yet. The Blue Jays heard me coming in. They were at the feeder for peanuts within two minutes. Got some really good looks at them. Jon Young in, What the Robin Knows,  talks about building threads with individual birds that eventually become a rope. I have yet to identify an individual bird. I am trying. I suspect some of the birds know me. It seems as if there are two flocks of the jays. The western are more timid. The eastern are bold. One came from behind so close to my head I could feel it. Perhaps one day it will click and I will recognize one.

Merlin identified 6 species. I saw 5 of them. Lowest total for Merlin since I moved down to the brook. I also, saw Downy Woodpecker, (above) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, House finch, White-breasted Nuthatch, Herring Gulls. The birds were subdued.