Towhee returns

A female rufous-sided towhee was poking through the mulch when I got up.  Chickadees and the nuthatch were visiting the feeder.  Sparrows and doves and the squirrel with the white mark were also active. Then they all went away.

I can hear the kingfisher.  The temperature is lovely and the breeze is gentle.  The redwood has become copper.  The maple planted last December is beginning to turn.  The hickory sapling is butter and brown and the dogwoods have been turning since September.  But the oak and sweet gum are still quite green.