Day 2 of being house-bound with a head cold left me watching the birds through the window again.  They were just as entertaining as they were yesterday.

The black capped chickadees flew back and forth from the willow tree next door to the feeder that I placed on the deck.  The bluejays swooped down from the tall aspens.  They frequented the tray feeders.  The nuthatches enjoyed sunflower seeds at the hanging feeders. The downy woodpeckers visited the tray, suet and peanut feeders.  One of them was brave enough to venture onto the deck railing and hop right into the sunflower seeds that I had laid out for the chickadees.

The funniest bird this afternoon was a magpie.  It landed on a shelf underneath a suet feeder.  The bottom of the feeder was just out of its reach.  It tried reaching up numerous times and managed to break off small bits of suet with its beak.  The magpie kept at it until it saw one of the cats creeping closer.

The deer have come back to the backyard.  I noticed that the hanging feeders were being emptied so I put the feed dish back with some rolled oat/barley mix.  Last night I got to see who was visiting.  The exterior motion sensor light came on long enough for me to see one doe and one fawn.  They emptied the dish.

I had another break through with Spike the cat this morning.  I went outside to feed him.  As I knelt down to fill the dish, he jumped up on my lap and had no intention of jumping down until he got a good scratch behind the ears. He has come a long way.  A few months ago, he wouldn't come near me.  I guess he's figured out that I am the one that fills his food dish each day.