Birds I saw

today before leaving the house:

1. a party of blue jays
2. a banditry of chickadees
3. a mourning dove
4. a ruby-throated hummingbird
5. a brown thrasher
6. a gross of rose-breasted grosbeaks
7. a cardinal
8. a miscellaneous sparrow
9. a downy woodpecker
10. a common flicker
11. some grackles

(unfortunately some camera troubles are preventing pictures today)