@sueinmn and all...I've never seen a 'green jay', Sue. Hope you get a good picture for us. Is it the same bird as a blue jay, just a color change? Same size, personality, etc? Amazing how marvelous Nature is with the combinations of colors and types of feathered friends. I'm not seeing any migration through here at this point. I usually have wonderful surprises on the return journey. Hope to pick up more on the way down further south.

I've spoken before of the lots of woodpeckers I'm getting. I now have a huge, beautiful Pileated Woodpecker who's become a regular. A couple of days ago, he was here and appears to have a broken beak, about halfway down the top beak, I think. It's really weird looking and I feel so sad for him. I put out a feeder of peanut butter suet balls he was really working on, in a steel tube cage. He worked so hard, turning his head to get to the position to get something inside the beak and mouth. He managed to get some, but I don't think he'll make it. Haven't seen him since. Hopefully, he'll be back today...
My feeders went empty and wet for several days the last weeks with hurricane Ian bringing so much rain and blow to our area. Then, Nicole just came through. We haven't had a hurricane in November since the 30s...even though she was only classified as a 1, we had a lot of damage. Highway A1A South down the coastline along the beach is a major attraction for seeing Eastern Florida. It was injured with IAN, as were the dune and beaches. Our damage this far north came from Nicole, a huge storm lasting several days with a bunch of beach erosion. we lost many homes into the ocean that survived Ian but structurally couldn't handle the Nicole winds. So sad to see.

The winds whipped around my condo, I'm on the end of the building with nothing protecting me from the southern/eastern winds. I had several largeish limbs fall in the front of the unit, lots of blow on the patio, and almost like tornado winds at times. So, all feeders and pots were down and protected for several days and the birds didn't get new food until Friday. Most regulars are back, but not all.

I'm sending some pics of a huge egret who was in front of my car as I waited for my son. He stayed there for several minutes, focused on his building for some reason. Huge! Then flew away...right at the end of the hood...Love it.

Hope all are well. I'll be out walking soon. I'm fighting iron and b12 anemia issues for the last couple of months. Had a few days in the hospital thinking it was a stroke, but it may well be anemia. I've had issues with this for years. Last year got 2 infusions that were fantastic. But, it does appear I can't absorb iron and get it to the organs. Also, having trouble with oxygen absorption, so working on that, too.

Be well and be blessed...elizabeth
Can't believe you've had 90 temps! We've been in the mid '80s for weeks, 70 now with 50 nights.