Approx 2:30pm Easter Monday (April 5)
Strong west wind
Grenadier Pond: the usual, mallards, Canada geese, swans (2). Also: buffleheads (shouldn't they have moved on?), pair smaller ducks, northern shovellers, I think.
Verges: full of red-winged blackbirds. 2 swallows flying together and chittering, 1 with white rump (cliff?), 1 without (?)
Robins in the grass, red-tailed hawk flying low over the trees.
The Sharp-Eyed Offspring saw something skulking in the undergrowth like a thrush, only its tail went up. He thought maybe a house or winter wren.
A pair of chickadees were excavating a hole in a cherry tree. They took it in turns, one flying in from the neighbouring evergreens (where it had been foraging?) & chittering to its mate when it arrived. Usually the mate then flew off. The new arrival peered about (checking for predators?) & chittered before starting its own excavation work. This teamwork worked really well until once one of the birds was having such a good time digging away that it ignored its mate when the mate came to claim a turn. The mate had to return three times before the excavator finally got the message! Ah, married life.
