It was a cold, windy, rainy day at the garden. Not a lot of bird activity. No sign of tree swallows, not surprisingly. However, there were flickers, cardinals, chickadees, juncos (fewer than a week ago), white-breasted nuthatch, goldfinches, robins, red-winged blackbirds (the females are back, so they can begin nesting soon), and lots of these guys. Down in the canal, on a rock near shore, was a greater yellowlegs.