Looks like I guessed right. The tracking map says a black-chin was sighted in my city yesterday. Welcome back, my little friends!

On a related note, my wife went out on the deck this morning at 4:15 and a bird flew into the house while the sliding door was open. Poor little thing was clinging to drapes, probably frightened to death. She was so immobile that I crept up and got a bucket over her, then slid a cover in. Took her outside and she flew off unharmed. Looked to be a female warbler. The first thing I did was to turn off all the lights so the only source would be from the open sliding door. Figured that if she did fly around in the room, she'd see that and fly out on her own. But she was far too scared for that, thank goodness. Getting her into the bucket risked no injury.


Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult.