The Gray Catbirds are back. No common grackles yet but have seen a few Cowbirds. The Juncos headed north a few weeks ago as well as most of the White-throated sparrows, though a few of them stay year-round. That FB feature that shows posts from the past displayed a photo from 2 years ago of a red-headed woodpecker at my feeder. A rare sight. Had a juvenile who wintered here that one season and caught a picture of it just after it molted to mature red head and just before it moved on.

For a couple of years a lone Rose-breasted grosbeak stopped over for a week about this time of year to load up on sunflower seed before continuing on it's way. No joy so far this year.