Although I have a total of three hummingbird feeders operational I haven't seen a single visitor today so perhaps all or most have gone south. There might be a few stop by still on their way through from further north. I imagine they need food all along the way!
I finally saw another red breasted nuthatch again but they do not seem all that common. There are a predominance of house sparrows these days and they are very messy scattering seeds on the ground and sidewalk as they like to feed there. There are still plenty of pine siskins and I see the odd goldfinch still but they seem to thinning out as well. No doubt many have already left. There is some sort of sparrow that I have no identified as yet. It looks quite a bit like a pine siskin but it is quite a bit larger and has no yellow at all and even more predominants dark streaks on its breast. I must search my books for it.
The other day I walked to the lagoons and saw northern pintails and the spotted sandpiper at least I assume that is what they were.
