Weather: Â Overcast with rain.
Birds: Â This morning I saw a hummingbird at the foxglove flowers in the back yard. Â It hung around for awhile, but seemed to be camera shy and disappeared shortly after I went out to try and get a picture.
Later in the day I saw a woodpecker (Hairy or Downy) in the back yard as well. Â The sight of it made me realize that I have not seen many Red-breasted Sapsuckers this summer. Â It seems like in the last couple of years there have been more of them, so I am not sure whether I’m just not in the right place at the right time this year, or if there fewer of them. Â Perhaps the cold in March caused the population to decrease.
Another potential problem for some birds is the poor berry crop. Â I’m not sure what the berry eating birds will do this year for food. Â Perhaps they will see a significant mortality on migration this year.