[Birdtalk] A sad passing . . .

[Mark Stackhouse]

While filling my feeders yesterday I made a sad discovery - the 
half-eaten body of a Northern Flying Squirrel below the feeders. i'd 
been enjoying his nightly visits for most of this season - maybe 
there's more than one? From the remains I suspect the local Screech-Owl 
. . .

On a happier note - a Hermit Thrush came by this morning to sample bit 
of apple, and a Spotted Towhee has been around, along with all the 
regulars and the continuing mountain visitors - Mountain Chickadees (as 
many as four), a Red-breasted Nuthatch, Cassin's Finches and Pine 
Siskins. A White-breasted Nuthatch still comes by occasionally.

It's not a "scoter-fest" at the causeway, but for those of us bound to 
the home office, it's not bad. But Mexico is calling, time to migrate 
soon . . .

Mark Stackhouse
mark at westwings.com
801-487-9453 (Salt Lake City, Utah, USA)
011-52-323-285-1243 (San Blas, Nayarit, Mexico)