Carolina wren

This morning the wren is poking through the mulch. Very prominent white eyebrow, very cocked tail. Then a female hairy woodpecker showed up, tapping on the dogwood and the oak. Almost robin size, all black and white, hitching itself up the bark.

The creek is quite glassy this morning as it often is early in the day. I take that to mean that land and sea temperatures came into equilibrium over night. Later in the day we get onshore, then evening offshore, breezes which Wikipedia explains. The smooth surface was ruffled by 10am.

The fruit trees are mostly past blooming now, even the ornamentals. The carpenter and bumblebees have moved on the the blueberries - looks like a good crop.