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In early November heavy rain and wind tugged buttery yellow leaves from the Norway Maple in the side yard and scattered them across our parking area. Shiny and sleek from the rain, they made a pleasant pattern among deep green mulberry and rich brown elm leaves that blew in from other trees.
From the kitchen window, I watched ten or so Juncos feed among the fallen leaves, adding--their deep and even | gray to the muted contrast of colors of the leaf fall. - At last, I have seen the first juncos in my Flint Hill yard. No doubt they arrived here earlier but I was away. So far, no White-throated Sparrow has appeared under the feeder to scratch for seed thrown down by other birds, though Lee Trott saw one in i the privet bush from which birds launch themselves toward the feeding tray. ; Mail has continued to come in with arrival dates of regular winter residents, notification that summer is over as far as birds are concerned. Joyce and Richard Abell of Woodville reported a Junco on "Oct. 11. That’s the earliest date so far for the ‘snow bird.’ A Whitethroated Sparrow was seen on Oct. 21 by the Abells, persistent and careful bird watchers. Their card also carried an invitation to pick apples on their property. An invitation I plan to accept for my jellymaking. Anyone know where I can get crabapples?
Eva Grimsley of Grimsley Road near Flint Hill reported a Junco on Oct. 16. She wrote, “I saw and heard the first returning White-throated Sparrows in the underbrush at
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