Still gray

The rain has stopped but it is still windy and wet. A flock of crows and a pelican are all I see. It's beginning to clear from the West. Mergansers are out on the creek. Contrary to popular cliche, I don't think ducks like rain.

The crows have found another hawk to harass. It's not much bigger than they are. I was refilling the feeder when all the drama passed overhead.

The first leucojum (snowbell) is blooming - last year I noted this on March 7th. And the red maple started blooming a week earlier than last year as well. The sky is now blue but it is very windy, just like last year. Chickadees and titmice are fighting the wind on the feeder. Juncos are staying on the ground as is a yellow rumped warbler. A pair of pelicans have swooped past repeatedly.