After deserting the feeders for the last two months of last year, the birds have suddenly returned in large numbers again. House sparrows are still mostly absent, but others are coming back.
There have been house finches and dark-eyed juncos...
...and cardinals...
...and wrens...
...and mourning doves.
One of the squirrels managed to open a suet feeder and run off with the cake, which was still fairly large when I last saw it.