Warm and windy

It's supposed to get ridiculously warm today. Dawn came with pink clouds very appropriate for Valentines. Pelicans and Canada geese were out early but the feeder was deserted.

At lunch, the chickadees were more interested in drinking at the birdbath than eating at the feeder. Is that the warmth, or the wind, or something else?

By midafternoon it is very gusty. The gulls are playing with the wind but a cormorant was struggling to gain altitude. Then a crow harassing a hawk came by. The camera made nothing but blurs alas. All I can say for sure is that the hawk was twice the size of the crow.

I was sitting outside since it's 67 to see if the feeder would still get business with me right there. Only the chickadees are bold enough. A junco scampered out from under the camellia, noticed me and went into a freeze. Eventually it decided to make a break for the bush.