The Cleaner, The Butcher

Having chased off the Cooper's hawk and Sharp-shinned hawks several times on Sunday Tom is feeling moderate success having seen no sign of either for two days. Not so with the Loggerhead Shrike driven from the front area of the lodge four times today with snowballs. Housekeeping the Canyon Wren, comes inside the lodge almost every morning and puts his beak in all the nooks and crannies thoroughly cleaning up any fly, spider, insect that may have taken up occupancy. Tom sees him bouncing around on the front porch and then he freezes while all the songbirds take flight. The Butcher, Loggerhead Shrike visits for the fifth time with an eye on Housekeeping and is again repelled by white ice. Not until he's gone does Housekeeping begin moving again.