Commuter birds

Most mornings, flocks of water birds move past from their roosts to wherever they feed. Today a squadron of Canada geese flew upstream. Gulls headed in every direction. The sky is blue and the cold air is slowly warming.

At lunchtime, three turkey vultures swooped through the yard and landed on the dock. When I photographed them they moved, one by one,. to the boathouse roof across the creek and then further upstream. I only could get two in a photo. Meanwhile the crows carried on as though the vultures were predators.

On my way back, I noticed that the beauty berries are all shriveled and black. Titmice and chickadees were flitting around the bushes.

Clouds moved in through the afternoon and made for a dark and streaky sunset. The white camellia is blooming.