Like Summer!

 9:15 to 10:15am, 41 Degrees, Cloudy, Wind 6 NE, Bar 29.80 fall

It did not feel like summer, however, the bird activity was like summer. I saw my first Blue Bird in The Little Forrest. Above. It is always nice to get a look at a bird that has been on Merlin a lot. I also, got a shot of a Purple Finch female! I sat for about an hour. The first 35 minutes were just birds everywhere. Then the crows came. They were unhappy about something. I never did see what they were after. 

Towards the end of my sit a large bird glided over The Little Forrest. It was all black. Seemed to big for a crow. Also, it could have had color. Just a grey sky. It did not feel like a crow. It glide seemed different. Maybe a raven. it landed in the pines on the north side of the gulley. The squirrels were unhappy. A short while later I heard a Red-tailed hawk in that direction. Could have been. Maybe it evaded the crows and came back. Much more is observable with the leaves gone. 

Merlin Identified 27 species. I saw 15 of those. 27 is the most Merlin has identified. 17 is the most I have seen. Blue bird was not on Merlin. Also, I saw a herring gull.