European Starlings ......

Today marks the first day of my summer hiatus from work as I only work a seasonal job that typically ends on April 15! 

After a short lie in this morning I got to work enjoying the beautiful spring weather.  I took my coffee and the newspaper out to the sunroom and set up my camera outside to see what would come around.

Last weekend R hollowed out a small hole in this log so we could put peanuts & seeds in it for the squirrels and birds.  I put some peanuts in it and waited.  At first all that came to eat from it were several varieties of birds, including these European Starlings. 

After a while the squirrels finally caught on that there were peanuts to be had.