A snack break for Miss Cardinal

Shadows this evening are lengthening and a female Northern Cardinal is stopping by for a few Sunflower seeds. She's having an early supper. And well she should! 

A band of gangster, alien European Starlngs is gathering in the nearby trees, preparing a group attack on the feeders and their distant cousins, the more polite, classy, and native songbirds.

The Starlings, bullies all, move in large groups, intimidating, devastating, and trying to control the porch and yard.

We will see what the new year brings, but the gangster Starlings probably will continue to spread their havoc on other birds in our winter yard.

keep smilin