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Our garden warbler, the bully boy of the suet feeder…if you be smaller than he:

Finally, rains after rains.  We are more than ten inches behind average for this time of year in total precip.  Very unlikely we will come close to an average rainfall for second year in a row.  But this rainy spell has brought the fungi to fruit, i.e. mushrooms:And the 100% humidity often means morning fog:Around home the usual birds doing usual things:

Otter slide at Wennerberg Park, Carlton:820 NW 19th Street, McMinnville, Yamhill, Oregon, US
Dec 9, 2019
12 species

Eurasian Collared-Dove  X
California Scrub-Jay  X
Chestnut-backed Chickadee  X
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1
Bewick’s Wren  1
European Starling  X
House Sparrow  X
House Finch  X
Dark-eyed Junco  X
Golden-crowned Sparrow  X
Song Sparrow  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  1

820 NW 19th Street, McMinnville, Yamhill, Oregon, US
Dec 12, 2019
14 species

Eurasian Collared-Dove  6
Northern Flicker  1
California Scrub-Jay  1
Chestnut-backed Chickadee  3
Bushtit  20
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1
European Starling  12
American Robin  1
House Sparrow  6
House Finch  3
Dark-eyed Junco  30
Golden-crowned Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  1