BIRDS EVERYWHERE!

I am trying to get some work done; but the birds are not making it easy!!  I look to the right of my computer window and see from the Cornell nest cam, the cute little eyass chowing down on the piece of chipmunk mom red-tail brought, or if I look up from my screen, the feeder outside the real window is swarming with birds!  Right now I see 4 purple finch males and one female, 2 Carolina wrens, a downy woodpecker, a bright yellow goldfinch in the bird bath, two mourning doves on a tree branch, a junco and a chipping sparrow in the grass, whoops!  Blue jay just came in, scattering all the others.  A robin has arrived and there is a nuthatch taking dog fur from the nesting materials put out for them, two geese just flew over and there is a female wood duck sitting in the tree closer to the pond!   

Female Wood Duck

Earlier, I was out walking the dog at 7:15, and heard this strange sound that didn't sound like any of the songbirds we have around. It was close by so I stopped and really looked. It called again, and I thought. "WOOD DUCK!"  It took a bit of looking, but eventually I found it in the crook of the tree.  It stayed long enough so that I could go in and get my DSLR camera and take some pictures (above).  I don't believe it's nesting out here as I don't see a hole for it and and besides, it's awfully far from the pond, being right out here on the street.  What a cool morning gift thank you world!  

Quick update on our neighborhood screech owl.  After not seeing it for several days, I caught it in its hole 4 times yesterday, so it is still here!  I didn't have binoculars for most of those sightings and wonder if any were little owlettes.    :-)

Hmmm... everyone just left and it is empty!  Must be a hawk somewhere around.  Do I take this time to get back to paying the bills, or go look for the hawk??