Ice on the creek

A flock of geese landed, and skidded. Their weight is enough to create a little round waterhole for them to sit in. But they can also walk on the ice. I wondered if they would be able to take off again, but they did. I poured more hot water into the birdbath. I have refilled the feeder but no one has noticed yet.

The creek has refrozen where the goose puddles were. I notice the creek was frozen a year ago, on the 15th actually.

By mid afternoon, the creek had melted, though there were still ice chunks in the birdbath water. The robin was back along with a yellow rumped warbler. A male cardinal, a junco, and chickadees discovered the feeder.