Here we are in another autumn migration with birds showing up dead at the south entrance. It was certainly a shame to see this vibrant bird (fat = 3) cut down and reduced to ant food on a brick walkway beneath the serenade of befouling starlings under the eaves of the Noble Research Center. This bird might have started its life in some glorious boreal bog in Canada.
With an origin likely somewhere in Stillwater, this Carolina Chickadee (fat = 2) was the second casualty today. This bird was at the bottom of the stairwell at the northeast alcove, providing further evidence that our skunk, if local, is not very good at this scavenging thing.