Warm and sunny

It is too wet outside to sit, but very warm. Mergansers were out on the creek and I could hear geese. Squirrels were chasing each other, as were crows. Finally a chickadee woke up. Moss is sending up fine green hair as a prelude to making spores.

The whole day has been beautiful. I spent some time on the dock watching gulls fish. They upended just like dabbling ducks. I could not see what they were catching. Mergansers were in the same area. Mallards are starting to court. Jays and chickadees provided background music. Finches were on the feeder and sparrows on the ground.

Late in the afternoon I saw a mockingbird on the fence.