For the few weeks, the hybrid poplars in my backyard have been very busy with a variety of songbirds stopping by to eat some tiny hatching insects.

Several species of warblers have shown up along with resident Black-capped chickadees and even some Ruby-crowned kinglets.

Then the chokecherry bushes became home to the fruit-eating Cedar waxwings to add a little more color by the visiting songbirds.

Fall is always an exciting time of the year for me, and with the great weather we have been having, it has been really nice to have these birds visiting.

A secondary blessing has been the lack of a killing frost so I can still enjoy lunch in my garden with tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers and green beans to snack on.

About three weeks ago, a flock of about 40 Yellow-rumped warblers showed up in m

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