Raining Frogs and Bathing Birds

I was going to stun and amaze you with my border progress on "Hare Crossing".  But that was before I discovered (around 9pm) that I was off one thread. I came down the right hand side to find I did not line up.  In looking for the error, I discovered that I was off one thread on the last seven stitches on the right hand side.  So that means I need to frog out the entire bottom of the border.

 It rained steadily on Thursday - I guess it rained frogs. Sigh...

Even with the rain, it was a good day to take a bath.

This Scrub Jay totally got into it.

I think he spent a good five minutes splashing about.

The water flew everywhere.

He was one soaking wet bird by the time he decided he'd had enough.

Later in the day a couple of Golden-crowned Sparrows decided to take a dip.  

They appeared to take turns.

First the bird on the right...

Then the one on the left.

They were much more restrained in their ablutions.

They were much more restrained in their ablutions as compared to the Jay.

My Goldfinch folk is now up to five birds! 

While there are Goldfinches year around in the southern Willamette Valley, my folk of birds hang out here from April through October.  We are at 500 feet elevation, and my theory is that in late October the birds prefer to hang out on the valley floor where the temperatures are a bit more mild.  That's my theory anyway as the local Audubon Society is always able to count Goldfinches during their Christmas Bird Count.