A creature was stirring!

The mouse reappeared.  It raced from one side of the patio to the other, explored the leaf drifts, went out on the pool cover, and looked for seeds in the mulch.  I wonder if it was suffering from the effects of the termite exterminator's visit yesterday? 

White-throated sparrows emerged from the rosemary to forage and two nuthatches visited the feeder.  Clouds are racing East and the sun flickers as they go by.  On the creek, a cormorant paddled by and a pelican cruised overhead.  Gulls and buffleheads also fished and a great blue heron watched. 

When I got home at noon the sky was pretty clear.  A few clouds were still coming from the Northwest.  But by 2pm the cloud cover was back.  Juncos came out at lunch time. They too like to hang out in the rosemary - It must be a bird version of the local pub in there.  The nuthatch also reappeared.