Sunshine with doves

The wind roared overnight and blew the clouds away. It brought a chill despite the sun. The sky is nearly cloudless. Doves were out early, then chickadees. But a cold wind makes it tempting to stay inside to observe.

In the parking lot of the doctor's office I saw the same kind of gulls I saw at Cape May. They were mixed with ring bill gulls and were a little smaller. There were both juveniles and adults of both species. I am now leaning toward thinking that these are Bonaparte's gulls in winter plumage. Crows were pecking in the same area but staying in a distinctly separate group from the gulls. On the way home I saw the goose flock farther up the street.

The stinkhorns seem to be finished for now. No new ones have popped up and the old are flat and limp. There is a lot of fall color now but the wind keeps peeling it away.