I love watching the sunlight slowly move its highlighter from the tops of the pines down to the surface of the water.At mid-morning, the creek surface has gone smooth. House finches, chickadees and titmice are busy on the feeder and a nuthatch is checking out the neighbor's pine trunk. It was mostly detectable as it moved from the shady side to the sunny.
At noon I saw a hawk fly upstream. Shortly afterward, a cardinal pair showed up. She poked a male house finch of the feeder while he (the cardinal) watched from the dogwood. After a while he flew over and announced it was his turn. Meanwhile, pelicans cruised up the creek and a buzzard circled high up.
Sunset was brilliant with intense red cloud puffs and the thinnest sliver of new moon, all reflected in the glassy creek. Hundreds of cormorants were flying to roost in every direction along with a few gulls and egrets.
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