Yesterday we went shopping to Rossburn. There was a scene that could have been out of the Hitchcock movie The Birds. There were droves of purple martins festooning the wires and lightstandards and swooping and diving everywhere. The martins gathered and disappeared already from our village. Maybe Rossburn is a central gathering point. Martins certainly must not like to travel alone.
There are still humming birds at the feeders. Enough that there are often fights but they are less common than a week or so ago. I do not see any adult males so perhaps the adults go before the kids! Maybe males go scouting on ahead.
The regular feeder is busy. There have been no new birds but what is lacking in variety is offest by numbers. The chickadee (photo) is still a regular visitor. They will stay all winter.
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