And the temperature drops again

The morning began with gold cloud streaks and a great blue heron standing on the dock. The heron waited till I was in position with the camera and then flew off. Sometimes I think there's a radiation cameras give off that birds can sense. The chickadees were too wary to land while I stood outside.

A pair of crows were courting as were squirrels. Two titmice on the feeder were definitely not courting each other. Gulls and a pelican patrolled the creek.

At lunch the feeder got busy. It seems the order of precedence is cardinal, finch, junco, titmouse, chickadee, but the chickadees will challenge anyone and the finches are the least territorial. A jay landed in the camellia and a cormorant on the creek. By late afternoon, clouds rolled in from the South.