Monday, January 30, 2012

More sunshine

And a glassy creek. House finches and blue jays sang in the treetops. Gulls and crows sat on the dock while a turkey vulture patrolled overhead. Chickadees flew about the yard.

At lunch, chickadees and juncos visited the feeder while squirrels were everywhere, including one that nibbled on the nandina berries right outside the kitchen window. A pelican checked out the creek.

At dusk a few smudges of cloud in the Northeast turned pink as background for the daily cormorant commute. Some head toward each compass point passing others headed opposite. Why don't they live near where they fish?

The planet that has been trailing the moon is now ahead of it as the moon waxes toward first quarter. Both are visible in the West during evening now and a different planet shows up in the early morning.

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