I was out again today (3/4/2019) to observe and photograph the Northern Mockingbird that’s here in Anacortes.  This makes five days in a row I’ve spent some time photographing the bird.  I’ve met lots of nice, understanding neighbors and fed treats to a few nice dogs.  But I think that it’s about time to say, “Enough!”.  So here are what may be the last of a lot of photos I’ve taken.

This first photo was taken today… and that’s my car on which the bird is perched!

Moving on, a couple of more mockingbird photos…

Moving back to the yard to a few days ago, this is a male Varied thrush that has been visiting the yard on a fairly regular basis.  Lately there have been three thrushes visiting the yard, at least one of which is a female.  During the winter the snow in the mountains interrupts the birds’ food supplies, so they migrate to lower elevations where food is more available.

On the way back to the house from photographing the mockingbird today, I again found Green-winged teals in the Cap Sante Marina.  They seem to be becoming more used to human presence and I managed better photos than in the past couple of weeks.  This is one of the males that is part of a small group.

While I was photographing waterfowl, this Yellow-rumped warbler (Audubon’s) flew into the area.  I’ve seen some rather large flocks of this species, numbering as many as about 20, in the marina area.

Back in the yard today I photographed this Song sparrow, one of two that have been in the yard lately.

And finally, this rather rare, but periodic visitor to the yard… a Townsend’s chipmunk.